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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Nov. 02 - Nov. 08, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 09 November 2015 04:26:45PM 1 point [-]

People came up with concepts like "evidence-based medicine"

That's not a new concept. That's a straightforward application of the scientific method (and some common sense) to the area which stubbornly resisted and continues to resist it.

Comment author: ChristianKl 09 November 2015 07:56:07PM 0 points [-]

That's a straightforward application of the scientific method (and some common sense) to the area which stubbornly resisted and continues to resist it.

I think both Kuhn and Barseghyan would say that there isn't a single thing that's "the scientific method" and that believing in such a thing isn't defensible when you look at the history of science.