(November 17, 2020 at 10:36 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Experiment needs to be a broad term. Not only do the questions, methods, and tools differ between branches of science (physics to biology) they differ greatly within each field as well (cognitive neuroscience to molecular neuroscience). As long as a variable is being manipulated (taking coke and acid) and another variable is being affected (what happens to me) you have an experienced.
Florida Man's experience is not measured. It is perceived then lost and only documented as a generic police report. Big difference. There must be a measurement.
When West Virginia man picks up a snake to see if God will protects him, there is no God detector. That practice is not an experiment. It's a ritual.