24 MAR 2013 by ideonexus
Science Requires Imagination
It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination, unlike that of the artist. The great difficulty is in trying to imagine something that you have never seen, that is consistent in every detail with what has already been seen, and that is different from what has been thought of; furthermore, it must be definite and not a vague proposition. That is indeed difficult.And it requires even greater imagination than art because you must imagine something that has never been imagined before and imagine it within the rules of all that has come before it.
23 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
The Problem With a Good Hypthesis
There is one great difficulty with a good hypothesis. When it is completed and rounded, the corners smooth and the content cohesive and coherent, it is likely to become a thing in itself, a work of art. It is then like a finished sonnet or a painting completed. One hates to disturb it. Even if subsequent information should shoot a hole in it, one hates to tear it down because it once was beautiful and whole. One of our leading scientists, having reasoned a reef in the Pacific, was unable for ...Folksonomies: science hypothesis
Folksonomies: science hypothesis
Is that it is like a work of art and we are afraid to harm it.