Over at Neuroskeptic there is a great (and short) piece about what the scientific method really is and how you use it every time you try to figure something out. Yeah, it's summer, but it's definitely worth taking five minutes to read. You can read it here.
Friday, August 5, 2011
The scientific method
Since you have been studying science, probably since grammar school, you've probably hopefully learned about the scientific method. You, and most everyone that has come before you, has learned the scientific method as a series of precise steps that you must take in order for you to "do science." In reality, not a single scientist in the world uses the scientific method as you have learned it. It does however underlie every single bit of research and experimentation that they do.
Over at Neuroskeptic there is a great (and short) piece about what the scientific method really is and how you use it every time you try to figure something out. Yeah, it's summer, but it's definitely worth taking five minutes to read. You can read it here.
Over at Neuroskeptic there is a great (and short) piece about what the scientific method really is and how you use it every time you try to figure something out. Yeah, it's summer, but it's definitely worth taking five minutes to read. You can read it here.
