In scientific research nothing is being proved; better to say nothing even CAN be proved. All what a scientist hopes is to” reject” what is called the “null hypothesis” in order to “provide support” for an “alternative hypothesis”. Say we hypothesized that the earth is round; now instead of trying to find evidence that the earth is round, the scientific method suggests we ASUME that the earth is NOT round, and then try to reject this null hypothesis. At first it may seems a bit redundant or absurd, because one can say that what we do would lead to the same conclusion; interestingly enough it is not the case! Discussing about this issue of course is beyond the scope of this blog. In the next posts I will briefly introduce two related issues in the philosophy of science; namely, “falsifiability” and simplicity”. To be continued …
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nimasal ro bastim kamyar jan.. mitooni linkesho hazf koni ..
ghorbone dayi!
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It’s an intersting subject…continue!