The Scientific Method

[Sukerkin]

This is a nice little article that delves, allbeit shallowly, into the distinctive elements of the Scientiic Method that give it credence where hearsay and assertion, no matter how erudite, falter:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22105898

 

[granfire]

going to share this with my half bright friends and the barking ones as well!

 

[celtic_crippler]

There's supposed to be a sign up on the Tower Of Pisa: "Please don't throw things from this tower". That sign is the best memorial that Galileo could ever have.

Of course, I'm not sure that it's actually there. I'll have to go and look.

Best part of the article.

 

[K-man]

going to share this with my half bright friends and the barking ones as well!

My barking friends just stood looking at me as if I was stupid. Rather than explain to them, I think I'll just take them for their walk.

 

[granfire]

My barking friends just stood looking at me as if I was stupid. Rather than explain to them, I think I'll just take them for their walk.

Yes, that was about the effect it had. :asian: