Theories are not proved by the process. They are proved by their predictability, ie through experiment/experience. Even though people dont understand the process, they can understand the results. Thus the process is learned because it provides better results. Thus anyone is a potential scientist.
2012/10/29 George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis xekoukou@gmail.com wrote:
Since Science is by definition the creation of rigorous theories that better explain the world, if the flow of new theories are democratically distributed, then pseudoscience will simply vanish.
No. Science creates testable theory from observation, tests, and discards false theory based on the testing. There is no shortage now of theory; there is a shortage of understanding of the process, importance of falsifiability, and understanding how to test and analyze.
The method is taught in school and yet lost by adulthood in nearly everyone. Democratizing science to include people in the process who do not currently understand the method does no good.
You also are conflating primary sources ( research ) and secondary sources ( analysis and criticism ) and tertiary sources ( compenda, such as encyclopedias and Wikipedia ).
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