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Title: Scientific Method
Post by: Mr. Inquisitive on March 17, 2013, 12:14:16 AM

Is it possible to predict how many experiments are required to verify a natural law?

Title: Re: Scientific Method
Post by: Borek on March 17, 2013, 04:40:25 AM

As Feynmann put it - we can't be right, we can only be wrong.

No matter how many experiments support the law, one is enough to falsify it.

Title: Re: Scientific Method
Post by: Mr. Inquisitive on March 19, 2013, 01:09:42 AM

Thanks, Feynman is one of my favorite scientist. O-rings and nanotechnology always come into my mind every time I see his name.

Title: Re: Scientific Method
Post by: Arkcon on March 19, 2013, 08:49:18 AM

And I always think of tea with milk and lemon.  And Brazilian bongos.  And strippers.  But mostly, the simple elegance of Feynman diagrams.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram  Even if I don't really understand them.