I love demotivators. I think my particular favorite is:
"Compromise: Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours may be."
That?
Is priceless.
It's not only of science; it's life too.
good one.
allow me to add in:
"if your hypothesis can't be falsified, you're doing it wrong."
and
"If all you have is a complaint that something can't be right because your beliefs say it can't, you're not doing science."
"if your hypothesis can't be falsified, you're doing it wrong."
Yeah, they missed that one.
Ooh. That looks like desktop wallpaper.
I think DLC is trying to stoke up a philosophical fight.
In practice, it is difficult to falsify any one hypothesis, because there are a great many auxiliary hypotheses that could also be wrong.
They also missed "Science. It's just lots of balls joined together with sticks".
Classic. h/t to LBRB, I was pointed towards this excellent passage from Prometheus:
One of the problems with getting emotionally involved with a scientific hypothesis is that they are notoriously dangerous things to love. Hypotheses don't care how much you love them or depend on them - they live or die by the data. And holding on to a dead hypothesis is as pointless (and creepy) as holding on to a dead cat or dog. Once they die, it's time to bury them and move on.
has;
Thanks for the link!
Actually I am a ASM member, thanks for the MRS link as well.
Lately I seem to have a lot of conversations in which I use the sentence, "The mark of a true scientist, or a true scholar, is that they like being proven wrong almost as much as they like being proven right, provided you do it in an interesting way."
M
If your hypothesis can't be falsified, you're not just doing it wrong, you're doing it at all.
"If you can't accept that you're mistaken, you're not doing it at all."
I'm definitely going to reuse this line. It's so succinct and accurate, I love it.
Very good.
Is this from
http://www.despair.com/
I love demotivators. I think my particular favorite is:
"Compromise: Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours may be."
That?
Is priceless.
It's not only of science; it's life too.
good one.
allow me to add in:
"if your hypothesis can't be falsified, you're doing it wrong."
and
"If all you have is a complaint that something can't be right because your beliefs say it can't, you're not doing science."
Yeah, they missed that one.
Ooh. That looks like desktop wallpaper.
I think DLC is trying to stoke up a philosophical fight.
In practice, it is difficult to falsify any one hypothesis, because there are a great many auxiliary hypotheses that could also be wrong.
They also missed "Science. It's just lots of balls joined together with sticks".
Bob O'H: no, not really. I'm no philosopher.
Uncle Dave: Cheers, though credits where due: inspiration was provided by the 'How does a scientist or doctor become a crank?' thread, the image was taken from the Materials Research Society's desktop wallpapers page, with final assembly courtesy of Big Huge Labs.
DLC: Gonna need a bigger poster generator. :)
Classic. h/t to LBRB, I was pointed towards this excellent passage from Prometheus:
That would make a good poster.
Neat site...
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/output/deck5322711.jpg
has;
Thanks for the link!
Actually I am a ASM member, thanks for the MRS link as well.
Lately I seem to have a lot of conversations in which I use the sentence, "The mark of a true scientist, or a true scholar, is that they like being proven wrong almost as much as they like being proven right, provided you do it in an interesting way."
M
If your hypothesis can't be falsified, you're not just doing it wrong, you're doing it at all.