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Science corrects itself

Scientists make mistakes like everyone; science catches them - by checking, peer review, replication and asking big evidence for big claims - and puts them right openly.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can describe how science found the OPERA mistake, and why that is a strength.

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    Foundation

    You can describe how science found the OPERA mistake, and why that is a strength.

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    ReplicationRepeating tests is one way mistakes are caught.Big claims need big evidenceA result that breaks a well-tested idea needs very strong evidence.

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What's still between you and Science corrects itself, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13Fair testDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14ValidityDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  15. 15Deduction and inductionDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  16. 16Hasty generalisationDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  17. 17Sample sizeDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  18. 18ReplicationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  19. 19Strong and weak evidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  20. 20Degrees of confidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  21. 21Big claims need big evidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  22. 22Science corrects itselfDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science

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