Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

It sounds fictional, but the “science fiction science” or “sci-fi-sci” method is meant to predict the effects of real upcoming technologies on society before things take a dystopian turn. Researchers ...

If you are glued to the Olympic coverage as I am, you are seeing the commercial from Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly's advertisement uses the scientific method as a narrative frame, drawing a par ...