• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    So then the failure of the scientific method is that people aren’t following it. That’s not so much a problem with the method.

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      8 months ago

      If a method can’t practically be followed it’s a sign of a bad method, or at least one that needs modification.

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        8 months ago

        It’s not that it can’t practically be followed, it is just that everyone running after H-index or whatever the hot thing is now has resulted in a drop in quality.

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        8 months ago

        It can easily be followed. Just not within capitalism.

        Edit: But you’re correct. And that’s what we’re seeing. A modified version.