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bogdan9310 wrote:

surreptitious57 wrote:

bogdan9310 wrote:
any recent studies are based on the observations of others not on first hand observations

Observations that are inter subjective and peer reviewed in scientific journals
That can also be replicated and subject to potential falsification at any time

There are not a lot of scientific studies that I can verify in my living room. The problem here is that we
have to use language to describe our observations. And is at that point where everything can go sideways

The laws of physics are written in mathematical language and mathematics is a deductive discipline
It is therefore more exacting and rigorous than non mathematical language which is only descriptive

The scientific method is designed to seek out errors and is also the most rigorous methodology ever devised
It is an eternally self correcting discipline which accepts nothing as true unless it has actually been falsified

The combination of mathematical language and the scientific method make observations more accurate
Way more accurate than a non scientist describing the same phenomena using only descriptive language

Science is restricted in what it can do but what it does do is as brutal as it is possible to get given its limitations