There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
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There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
If you do an experiment and it gives you what you did not expect, it is a discovery.
One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.
One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results.
In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored.
A scientist... must accept the results of experiment, and nothing but the results of experiment.
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.
It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.
In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.
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