(April 8, 2016 at 5:56 pm)AAA Wrote:(April 8, 2016 at 3:46 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Speculation based on observation is a thing we call "probabilistic inference," and it's a cornerstone of scientific epistemology. You make an observation or series of observations, and then you base your conclusions on those, once you've tested for contaminating factors and so on... how else do you think science forms its conclusions?
I agree that speculation is important in science, but don't lump your speculation in with the empiricism that we agree should lead the way.
What else would you call the observations that you just said were the basis for the speculation, if not empirical?
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