Comment on What are the strengths of the scientific method? What are its weaknesses?
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Weakness: not usable for quantum physics/mechanics, etc where the outcome changes when the experiment is observed.
Comment on What are the strengths of the scientific method? What are its weaknesses?
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Weakness: not usable for quantum physics/mechanics, etc where the outcome changes when the experiment is observed.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 8 months ago
That's not true. The observation just becomes part of the experimental design, you can still make predictions about the outcome.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s the debate now isn’t it.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 8 months ago
It's only a debate if you've never seen a paper about quantum mechanics. That's how it works. If you really think that the scientific method "doesn't apply" to quantum mechanics, you're deeply misunderstanding either the scientific method or quantum mechanics.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I will admit that I have a layman’s understand of quantum mechanics so that’s entirely possible.