Lesson 9 of 10 · Data and Evidence
Lesson⭐ 30 XPWhy Results Get Published
Data and Evidence.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
Publishing puts a method and its data where others can attack them. That is uncomfortable and entirely the point: an idea that survives serious attempts to break it is worth more than one nobody has tested.
Key Words
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Steps
Read the explanation above and note the two key terms before you start.
Take three statements and decide which are falsifiable. Rewrite the unfalsifiable ones so that a specific measurement could show them false.
Record what actually happened, including anything that did not match what you expected.
Write a conclusion that answers the question this lesson opened with, and state your uncertainty.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2A falsifiable claim is one that:
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
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Why Results Get Published
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
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