Harry Potter had then presented the idea that scientists watched ideas fight to see which ones won, and you couldn’t fight without an opponent ... [S]cientists weren’t dumb, it would be obvious if you fixed the battle, it had to be a real fight, between two different theories that might both really be true, with a test that only the true hypothesis would win, something that actually would come out different ways depending on which hypothesis was actually correct, and there would be experienced scientists watching to make sure that was exactly what happened.
I think this is how learning anything works - the true power of information gathering and the scientific method is learning when you are wrong and what hypotheses you can disprove. An opposing interlocutor and peer review were key to the Socratic method as well. Proper conduct needs to be maintained to ensure fairness. The best decisions I find are made with a pros/cons list.
I think this is how learning anything works - the true power of information gathering and the scientific method is learning when you are wrong and what hypotheses you can disprove. An opposing interlocutor and peer review were key to the Socratic method as well. Proper conduct needs to be maintained to ensure fairness. The best decisions I find are made with a pros/cons list.