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Offline Mr. Inquisitive

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Scientific Method
« on: March 17, 2013, 12:14:16 AM »
Is it possible to predict how many experiments are required to verify a natural law?
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Re: Scientific Method
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2013, 04:40:25 AM »
As Feynmann put it - we can't be right, we can only be wrong.

No matter how many experiments support the law, one is enough to falsify it.
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Re: Scientific Method
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2013, 01:09:42 AM »
Thanks, Feynman is one of my favorite scientist. O-rings and nanotechnology always come into my mind every time I see his name.
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Re: Scientific Method
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2013, 08:49:18 AM »
And I always think of tea with milk and lemon.  And Brazilian bongos.  And strippers.  But mostly, the simple elegance of Feynman diagrams.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram  Even if I don't really understand them.
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