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I wonder if it might be possible to get back to "Nullius in verba" in modern day... Imagine if all the aspects of "settled science" came with instructions for
by ivansavz 3y ago
I wonder if it might be possible to get back to "Nullius in verba" in modern day... Imagine if all the aspects of "settled science" came with instructions for simple at-home or basic-lab setup that could reproduce the result. I know it won't be possible for particle physics, but I bet you most of chemistry and biology could be done without too much fancy equipment.
Even if not really reproducing from scratch at home, you could maybe watch a youtube video of someone using the fancy equipment and showing the result predicted by theory. Lol... maybe TikTok to adapt to the information needs of the new generation.
I guess what I'd like to see is more science communication for the public, but not superficial stuff based on analogies and simplified explanations, but the real stuff. Actual science experiments. Make the settled science accessible to a wider audience + show by example how to run scientific experiments (predict something and try it out empirically to verify your prediction). It's not like I don't trust the scientists, but I want to experience the "high" of doing science, not being told that someone is doing science next door and it's good stuff.
- geoffanders 3y agoI love this vision, I think of this in the context of the future of science museums. Imagine a museum where you could go from room to room and make each of the discoveries. There could be the easy walk-through version or the hard "escape room" version where you can only go on to the next room when you make the discovery, and you don't know what the discovery is supposed to be. (Of course you could have hints available.) The DIY at-home version is great also.