24 April 2012

Is Science Just About Prediction?

In a not so recent post Seth Godin asks "are you a scientist?" Scientists, according to him make predictions. And get it right.

That is SO wrong.

Science is about observing phenomena, making hypotheses, testing hypotheses through experiments, and then making a theory that one can use to make predictions. And then not being surprised if the predictions are off, but go back to making hypotheses and experimenting

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