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23. We construct experiments and perform tests to see what works.
We devise and conduct tests in order to see if our models are accurate, and to see if our inventions work. And then, if the test fails, we go back and revise our models and inventions and try them again.
Testing and experimentation are important elements of the scientific method.
Words from Others on this Topic
One test result is worth a thousand expert opinions.
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 22 May 1932, from the speech “FDR Address at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia”
Relevant Reference Models
Knowledge is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis
- An element of Humanist Manifesto III
- An element of Cynefin Framework Model
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