[Bob]

Apparently, I learned the old scientific method rather than the new one.

Old scientific method:

1) Observe a phenomenon.
2) Formulate a hypothesis.
3) Validate or disprove the hypothesis by performing experiments and/or making predictions of future events.
4) Over time, a validated hypothesis becomes a theory.
5) Over much more time, a theory becomes a law.

New scientific method:

1) Observe a phenomenon.
2) Formulate a doomsday scenario.
3) Declare that this scenario is caused by capitalism and can only be prevented through global socialism.
4) Secure government funding in perpetuity to sustain those declarations despite any evidence to the contrary.
5) Find a new phenomenon and repeat.

[CedarDave]

Excellent definition of the "new" scientific method!

Copied for personal use.

[An Old NCO]

Thanks Bob. Good response.

[BenLurkin]

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