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How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries - 0 views

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    Adam Savage of Mythbusters gives a short talk on simple ideas leading to complex findings. Good. "Just thought a little bit harder" and "were a bit more curious."
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Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements - 0 views

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    very cool visualization about the scientific evidence for various heath supplements.
John Burk

The Scientific Method is wrong: Scientists don't test hypotheses, but build m... - 0 views

  • In the real world of scientific investigation, she said, scientists usually rely on a model-based process rather than a hypothesis-driven one. They formulate models based on what they know from previous research and then derive testable hypotheses from those models. Data from experiments don’t validate or invalidate hypotheses as much as they feed back into the models to generate better research questions.
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    a great article on with implications for how to better teach the scientific method
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Rumors Of Neutrinos, Facts About Climate: The Importance Of Mistakes : 13.7: Cosmos And... - 0 views

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    Excellent post about science finding its mistakes, using neutrino experiment as an example, and drawing links to climate debate
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Why Ignorance Trumps Knowledge In Scientific Pursuit : NPR - 0 views

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    In Ignorance: How It Drives Science, neuroscientist Stuart Firestein writes that science is often like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. Firestein discusses why the hit-or-miss process, the "not knowing" is the true engine of science.
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