It may be written down in a holy book, that's not enough. A belief will not satisfy like something verified for yourself.
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Science Requires Verification and Replicability of Results
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With science, sometimes you can take other people's word for it, because ultimately, it's verifiable and checkable by yourself. If the results don't replicate, it's not science. If you can't verify it for yourself, given sufficient time and resources, it's not science.
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Scientific Truth Evolves: Better Explanations Replace Previous Understanding
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Scientific truth is our best answer at the moment. Later, you may find a better truth, which explains the previous things, plus something else that was unexplained before.
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Truth-Seeking Systems: Mutation, Trial, Error, Conjecture
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Evolution works by mutation and selection. Innovation works by trial and error. Science works by conjecture and criticism. All truth-seeking systems work roughly the same way.
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Stand on Giants’ Shoulders: Verify and Innovate
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You don’t have to reinvent the whole wheel yourself. Starting from scratch, you wouldn't even discover fire before you died. Yes, stand on the shoulders of giants, but verify what you can.
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Verify Experts: Logic, Reason, Self-Check Always
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Use logic, reason, and self-verification. Check up on the “experts,” no exceptions, especially in matters of politics and money.
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Truth as Iterative Process: Deutsch and Popper’s Philosophy
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As David Deutsch and Karl Popper pointed out, truth is a never-ending business, keep iterating.
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Nullius en Verba: Empiricism and Independent Verification in AI
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The philosophy of the Royal Society, was “nullius en verba.” Take no one's word for it. Figure it out for yourself.
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Connecting Disparate Concepts: The Eureka Moment in Science
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In science, when two disparate things connect, that's the “a-ha moment,” the rush of knowing, the light of understanding.
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Connecting individual forms to understand complex systems holistically
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We see different forms and try to connect them all together to make sense of the whole thing. We go from the individual to the whole.