Another example: People knew about infection by contact with the infected for thousands of years prior to germ theory being proved.
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Replying to @TheWeaseKing @nberlat and
Semmelweis was trying to convince doctors to wash their hands in the 1850s!
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Replying to @TWLadyGrey @TheWeaseKing and
right, but through trial and error I believe, not because he had a well developed understanding of germs.
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Replying to @nberlat @TheWeaseKing and
I think we are crossing plots here. My assumption is a 19th century doctor was aware of how the scientific method works and it probably shaped his thinking.
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Replying to @TWLadyGrey @TheWeaseKing and
this is absolutely false! the scientific method is a modern day invention and historians and philosophers of science generally believe it has little to do with how science works!
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Replying to @nberlat @TheWeaseKing and
I think this debate is suffering from “science is what I say science is” and “the scientific method is what I say it is.”
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Replying to @TWLadyGrey @nberlat and
Fair enough- what do you think the scientific method is?
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Replying to @TheWeaseKing @nberlat and
Here is my statement: sanitation happened because open sewage was a public health issue. We knew it was a public health issue because scientists discovered that human waste made people sick. I’m happy to hear any evidence based rebuttal.
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Replying to @TWLadyGrey @TheWeaseKing and
where is your evidence for this? people thought sewage was a public health issue long before the germ theory!
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It's a specific cultural form of knowledge seeking that the "scientific method" is meant to distill into one narrative But more broadly speaking it's about gaining knowledge through intentionally devised tests to consistently reproduce a hypothesis
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWLadyGrey and
Just generally knowing from experience "It always takes longer to get to work when it's raining" isn't science We'd have to actually try a controlled experiment to measure the time it takes to get to work on a sunny day and a rainy day, holding other variables constant
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