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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He probably means the idealized scientific method you learn at school is not what really happens in reality, in particular "soft" science fields may not be able to follow it strictly and still do good science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Doesn't this difference make the scientific method not real?

Edit: I don't talk about bad science.