Timeline for Is there an alternative to the scientific method?
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| Mar 3, 2018 at 7:55 | comment | added | Swami Vishwananda | @hkBst We do not what the physical sensual universe 'is'. That is the realm of metaphysics is, not physics. | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 7:53 | comment | added | Swami Vishwananda | @hkBst Before he came up with the theory, he had a hypothesis based on observation (what goes up must come down), after testing his hypothesis against more observations he came up with the theory.. He then tested his theory to see if he could predict future observations... We know that his theory are not completely correct now based on the fact that we know that mathematics has its limits in explaining the physical world and also Einstein's theory. But it's a good approximation. His theory did not 'prove' anything. It only explained in a better way how we can measure and predict events. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 14:55 | comment | added | hkBst | Your answer would be better if you remove the incorrect notion of science proving things. Newton did not prove his theory of gravity correct; indeed that would have been impossible given that it is wrong (false). Instead he (and others) collected evidence (empirical data) supporting his theory. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 8:23 | history | edited | Swami Vishwananda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2015 at 8:16 | history | answered | Swami Vishwananda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |