3 ms·
Science isn't about "told you so". It's about rigor, about completion. It may seem hilarious because of the length of time involved for the experiment to comp
by digitalsushi 13y ago
Science isn't about "told you so". It's about rigor, about completion. It may seem hilarious because of the length of time involved for the experiment to complete, but what if the results hadn't been what we assumed? Science is the only enlightenment we have, and to dismiss the outcome as obvious is to climb back into the dark ages.
- elnate 13y agoThen the other one would have said it. Everyone enjoys being proven right.
- jgreen10 13y agoReally? Scientists are people. Proving each other wrong is one of the biggest motivators to do years of painstaking, labour-intensive research. Of course, you can't prove someone wrong without being rigorous.
- negativity 13y agoIt gets finnier if you imagine Stephen Hawking saying "I told you so." to Leonard Susskind. D'OOOH... WERNSTROM!!!
- lightcatcher 13y agoYou might find this to be "finny": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorne%E2%80%93Hawking%E2%80%93Preskill_bet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorne%E2%80%93Hawking%E2%80%93...
- negativity 13y agoFinny is a perfectly cromulent word, sir...