The "scientific method" you're taught in school is this retroactive generalization turning something very messy and complex in real life into a "method", it's inaccurate the way anyone naming a "method" for art or writing would be
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...but that’s what Noah is saying. He’s saying indoor plumbing is responsible for increasing life expectancy.
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Eh, I would argue that's *infrastructure*, not science. That said I would personally contest Arthur's POV a little here. New techniques and products DO often cause improvements in prosperity... IF not heavily restricted by the arms and mechanisms of ownership.
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I mean I would say there's a push and pull, but there's also the practical issue of separating innovation from refinement.
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