Category: Methods
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What is Falsification? As a scientific method.
Let me start with a very simple example. Mr Despondent and Mr Swizzle have a spirited discussion. Since Mr Despondent is by nature a spiritless dull fella and Mr Swizzle is not dull but a little more spirited despite of the fact that he is not on much spirit when he is in any discussion…
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The basic tenets of science and the philosophy
There are a pretty many questions regarding the value and meaning of science, the very basic ones. Science therefore can be defined in multitude of ways. In the quest of finding an answer, which is essentially satisfying irrespective of the rationality, which may not be seen or may not even be present in scientific truth,…
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How assumption and basic theory can be used to solve a problem
How assumption and basic theory can be used to solve a problem (upon request from a friend, I wrote this, this just fits into a long discussion we had about assumption in social and scientific situations) Lets say, we have a basic problem at hand. The problem is amenable to a solution based on basic…
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Spontaneous symmetry breaking, an insight.
If we “look” a little deeper into this its easy to find the reason. While the gravity is symmetrical, the fluctuation which may be present in the air which is much smaller in scale compared to the gravity can push the pencil in a particular direction. While the air fluctuation is not a part of…