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>No controlled experiments = not a science. According to whom? Wikipedia: Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge) is a systematic enterprise that bu
by onebaddude 13y ago
>No controlled experiments = not a science.
According to whom?
Wikipedia: Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
More importantly: who cares?
- widdershins 13y ago> in the form of testable explanations i.e. controlled experiments. > More importantly: who cares? Anyone who's interested in the truth.
- lotharbot 13y ago> "testable explanations ... i.e. controlled experiments" Explanations can be tested through careful observation of uncontrolled environments.
- Misterburns 13y agoRandomized controlled trials to study poverty: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/8681481/Esther-Duflo-Can-this-woman-change-the-world.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/86... Game. Set. Match.