(July 6, 2015 at 11:15 am)Napoléon Wrote: It's still conjecture though. It's an opinion/hypothesis based on incomplete data.
Quote:The steps of the scientific method are to:
- Ask a Question
- Do Background Research
- Construct a Hypothesis
- Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
- Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
- Communicate Your Results
They are at Step #3. They saw an anomaly in the data. They did some research. They constructed a hypothesis.
Whether it survives steps 4-6 is up for grabs but they are proceeding properly. It will be an interesting experiment if they can devise one.
In the sense you are using it all science is "conjecture" since you never have complete information nor would you even know what complete information is.
