Scientific Method vs Science Worship

Scientific Method Science Worshipper’s Method DISCOURSI DIMOSTRAZIONI MATEMATICHE Ask a Question Do Background Research Construct a Hypothesis Test with an Experiment Procedure Working? No Yes Troubleshoot procedure. Carefully check all steps and set-up. Analyze Data and Draw Conclusions Results Align with Hypothesis Results Align Partially or Not At All with Hypothesis Communicate Results Experimental data becomes background research for new/future project. Ask new question, form new hypothesis, experiment again! Formulate or plagiarize a Hypothesis Construct a Model Based on preconceived ideas Find Data that agrees with model Discard Data that does not align with model Shout “TRUST THE EXPERTS” I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE

Слева показан настоящий научный метод: вопрос, исследование, гипотеза, эксперимент, анализ данных и пересмотр гипотезы при необходимости. Справа пародийный «метод поклонника науки» подгоняет гипотезу и модель под заранее придуманные идеи, отбрасывает неудобные данные и заканчивается криком «ДОВЕРЯЙТЕ ЭКСПЕРТАМ». Мем используют саркастически, чтобы высмеять псевдонаучность, догматизм и выборочное использование научного авторитета. EN: The left side shows the real scientific method: asking a question, researching, forming a hypothesis, experimenting, analyzing data, and revising the hypothesis when necessary. The right side parodies a “science worshipper’s method” by fitting the hypothesis and model to preconceived ideas, discarding inconvenient data, and ending with “TRUST THE EXPERTS.” The meme is used sarcastically to mock pseudoscience, dogmatism, and selective appeals to scientific authority.

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