(April 13, 2014 at 3:38 am)enrico Wrote:(April 11, 2014 at 3:20 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Sigh. Perhaps if you had studied 5-6 years at university you'd understand what science is! As it is you clearly don't. What you're describing is trial and error. A mouse in a maze does that. The thing is enrico, things (like science) have determinate meanings and definitions. You don't get to make your own. That's why people do those degrees you mentioned. Also why we have dictionaries textbooks and shiz. The scientific method is a relatively recent development, certainly within the last 500 years. What you think of as science, observing patterns and drawing conclusions, is a different thing, and is observable in animals and children. It's gotten us a long way, evolution wise, but whatever you might think of it, it's not science. That's a big part of the reason that we've advanced so far in the last 200 years.
Science come from the Latin scientia and means knowledge so it is a way of pursuing knowledge.
It does not means small or big knowledge or old or modern knowledge.
The original meaning does not discriminate.
Now, if you want to change the rules of the game and give a different meaning at this word please do so but don't come to tell me that you are correct when in fact you are dead wrong.
I'm not telling you I'm correct. I'm telling you to go read a dictionary. That a book (not your forte I know) which tells you what words mean.
Scientific method
Noun :-a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
"criticism is the backbone of the scientific method"
I'm taking my definition of science from that, and other stuff I read (much of it during my degree). You appear to be making yours up as you go along! Words have definitive meanings Rico, you learn what they are by reading science books.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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