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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: never believe what you read in the popular press about science
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Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 01:36:33 EDT
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The "water is an intoxicant" example is not an example of the
scientific method.  The scientific method is often characterized
by the short-hand slogan: hypothesize and test.  That water is an
intoxicant is the hypothesis.  So far, ok.  But the test would
be, try ingesting the pure intoxicant and see if the hypothesis
holds true.  It doesn't, so no nobel prize for this scientist.

Hypothesize and test, again and again and again...
-- 
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