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Hm, is there a terribly important difference? I'm not in "formal natural science" so I don't know how it goes in the real world. But I would think that if you'
by drivebyacct2 13y ago
Hm, is there a terribly important difference? I'm not in "formal natural science" so I don't know how it goes in the real world.
But I would think that if you're being honest with yourself and your results in the "observe" state, regardless of whether or not you had an existing hypothesis, you would draw the same conclusions.
I suppose if you intentionally set out to ONLY observe before hypothesizing, you might eliminate some unintended bias or something.
- ars 13y agoThe difference is if you hypothesize you will look for something to confirm or deny your hypothesis. But if you simply observe you will find out what there is. It's an issue of imagination. Also for students it makes them try to predict the results of the experiment - which is utterly pointless. Simply do the experiment and find out - that's the whole point, science is about experimenting, not just coming up with ideas.