https://riley.thecsillags.com/categories/science/ Recent content in Science on about:rileycsillag fka drewcsillag Hugo en-us Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:04:31 -0400 https://riley.thecsillags.com/posts/2014-12-23-programming-is-science/ Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:04:31 -0400 https://riley.thecsillags.com/posts/2014-12-23-programming-is-science/ <h3 id="aka-good-programmers-are-doing-real-science">AKA Good Programmers Are Doing Real Science</h3> <p>There are a bunch of long-ish winded definitions of the scientific method, but I think a reasonable pithy description would be:</p> <ol> <li>Come up with a theory to explain an existing phenomena.</li> <li>Use that theory to come up with a falsifiable prediction.</li> <li>Conduct experiments to prove or disprove the truth of the prediction.</li> <li>Independent parties repeat #3 and reproduce the results.</li> </ol> <!-- more --> <p>Now if the experiments at step three or four disprove the truth of the prediction, one of a few things can happen:</p>