Hacker News with Generative AI: Scientific Method

Science needs reason to be trusted (2017) (nature.com)
That we now live in the grip of post-factualism would seem naturally repellent to most physicists. But in championing theory without demanding empirical evidence, we're guilty of ignoring the facts ourselves.
Science, Trust, Scientific Method
9 points by waonderer 6 days ago | 4 comments
Looking Back to Move Forward: The Power of Scientific History (tobiacavalli.com)
Scientists are always pushing forward, racing to make the next breakthrough. But sometimes the best way forward is to look back at your own field’s history.
Science, History, Scientific Method
13 points by disidrosi 110 days ago | 6 comments
Repeatability: As Difficult as it is Important (systemsapproach.org)
We all understand that reproducibility of experimental results is a cornerstone of the scientific method. It should be possible to consistently replicate a finding, and this should be just as true for experimental systems research as for any scientific field. One could also argue that the bar ought to be higher for systems research, since it should be possible for others to not only reuse software artifacts developed for our experiments to replicate the results, but to also perform follow-on experiments.
Scientific Method, Research, Software Engineering, Systems Research
44 points by zdw 116 days ago | 15 comments
Truth, Math, and Models (Part 8 in a series on the scientific method) (rongarret.info)
Science, Scientific Method, Models, Truth
64 points by lisper 270 days ago | 84 comments