Scientific Method

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Scientific Method

• 1. Observations, data
• 2. Hypothesis
• 3. More test
• 4. Occams Razor
• 5. Form a theory
• 6. Publish, Test of Time
• 7. Law of Science

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Step-by-step Example

• 1. Drop your physics book, it falls to the
  ground
• 2. If I drop something, it falls toward the
  center of the earth
• 3. Keep dropping your book until you are
  convinced it will always fall down
• 4. Cut away at the hypothesis (2)

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• 5. Theorize that objects you drop will always
  fall down
• 6. Write a scientific article and get it
  published (oops, it is too late for this theory)
• 7. In time, it became Newtons universal law of
  gravitational attraction

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