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I'd never thought of spoons and knives as "valid" tools before,
but it's a good way to illustrate your point....
BTW, did you hear that Neil DeGrasse Tyson's starting a weekly late night comedy show about science on the National Geographic Channel? He says he'll be working with two comics, to talk about various geophysical or other scientific info.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 16, 2015 at 9:58 AM
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Good thinking Naut, at least we do learn something useful from you it is nearly always valid. I think that's the right word.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 16, 2015 at 12:02 AM
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If you don't happen to have the right tool, my mother taught me that necessity is the mother of invention. She did good with that. It was amazing what a poor, uneducated woman with seven children could do when her husband was not available and there was no money in the cookie jar for call in the professionals.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 15, 2015 at 10:26 PM
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Nautikos
It's the same in mechanics, use the right tool for the job, trying things over and over again until you get it right and keep the psychologists out of the equation. LOL
posted by
WileyJohn
on April 15, 2015 at 9:23 PM
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I remember discussing reliability and validity in sociology and psychology back in college.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 15, 2015 at 6:40 PM
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Similar to what Kabu said. And the reliability is continuously built upon.
posted by
Vermont01
on April 15, 2015 at 5:55 PM
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Hmnn yes the results from one experiment could never do. So many variables could come into play...some take years to find a conclusion that is reliable.
posted by
Kabu
on April 15, 2015 at 4:58 PM
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Nautikos
Science class really is more interesting this way...and I am paying strict attention
posted by
Krisles
on April 15, 2015 at 3:12 PM
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