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The Scientific Method. The loop that built the modern world.
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The Scientific Method
The loop that built the modern world
A repeating loop of question, guess, test, and honest result.
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Question, hypothesis, experiment, observation, conclusion. Then repeat. It is not a one-time path. It is a loop. Every piece of technology you use today exists because someone ran this cycle enough times. The method does not give answers. It gives a way to test whether an answer is right.
- A hypothesis is not a guess. It is a testable statement. "I think it will rain" is a guess. "If humidity exceeds 80%, rain will fall within 6 hours" is a hypothesis.
- Science does not prove things true. It rules things out until what remains is the best explanation so far.
SourcePopper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934)
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The OODA Loop
The decision cycle that wins
A four-step cycle for making decisions quickly under pressure.
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Lateral Thinking
The problem is the frame
Solving a problem by questioning the rules nobody stated.
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The Bystander Effect
Why nobody helps, and how to break it
The tendency of a crowd to leave the helping to somebody else.
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