Typically, there's a drive in science to do something just to say you've done it.
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When people use the word 'science,' it's often a tell, like in poker, that you're bluffing.
We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science, when you're doing research, you're at the edge of what we know.
When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is wrong.
Early on, when you're working in a new area of science, you have to think about all the pitfalls and things that could lead you to believe that you had done something when you hadn't, and, even worse, leading others to believe it.
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people.
Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.
Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail.
You can't rush the science, but when the science points you in the right direction, then you can start rushing.
Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.
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