Re: Darwin and the Scientific Method

alwaysaskingquestions <alwaysaskingquestions@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Gene Duprés" <Oblio.VonZipper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jul 19, 9:07 am, nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
alwaysaskingquestions <alwaysaskingquesti...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As far as I can see, when Darwin first published his ideas, they
weren't
really based on the Scientific Method as it is defined today.

Please enlighten us master, what is:
The Scientific Method as it is defined today?

And while you are at it: Who did the defining?

Jan

The op seems to think it was done in court.

A court that took evidence from a wide range of scientists and outlined
principles which I've seen confirmed here time and time again.

Scientific method isn't determined by majority vote.
And original scientists like Darwin or Einstein
don't follow 'scientific method'. They write it.

Now that you are at it, please enlighten us once more:
What -method- should or could Einstein or Darwin have followed
to arrive at their theories from the data known to them?

And if such a theory-creating method exists,
why didn't many others before them follow it
to arrive at the same theory?

Jan

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"Anything goes!"

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