• jacksilver@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s why I did “watching paint dry” as an actual science fair experiment. Tried putting paint in different environments to see how conditions actually effected the speed in which it dried.

    Requires experimentation to backup a hypothesis with empirical data. Yeah it sounds boring, but had some fun with it regarding the different “environments” (like under heat lamp, with a fan, etc.)

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      2 months ago

      I applaud your adherence to the scientific method. Amusingly, this is probably a lot closer to how science is conducted out in the professional world.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah, not everything in science is super cool, but it is valuable to show why testing things out matters. Although it’s not like the scientific community has been great about doing peer reviews anyways.