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The scientific method

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Revision as of 17 June 2013 at 21:03.
This is the thread's initial revision.

In the LW discussion about scientific method vs Bayesianism, you seem to be saying that there is basically no such thing as the scientific method. But is that really correct? If so, then how can science be distinguished from pseudoscience? Distinguishing real science from fake science is usually considered rather important.

I do understand that the exact methods will differ from field to field though.

    Baloney Detection (talk)21:03, 17 June 2013