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 ...

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 ...

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Science is under attack. As the new administration moves aggressively toward implementing its policies, the entire field could find itself the victim of decisions by individuals who lack the knowledge ...

Scientific thinking is not limited to laboratories or researchers in white coats peering into microscopes. It is a way of reasoning that empowers everyday citizens to make informed, data-driven ...

Ben Fulcher receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our ...

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the illusion of knowledge in the context of COVID-19 and explained how much of what we think we know is actually belief, taken as truth, because it came from a ...

Scientific Method is a lengthy Side Mission, split into four sections. Most of these tasks involve traveling all over the environment to locate samples, pressing some buttons, and coming right back.