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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

Because you can't employ the scientific method with only one person.

You need at least 2 to perform peer reviews.

[-] testfactor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Peer review isn't typically included in the list of steps to the scientific method. Or, if it is, it's a coda, not part of the main steps.

Dictionary.com for example lists the commonly accepted steps, and then follows it up with "usually followed by peer review and publication."

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/scientific-method

Note the "usually."

It's also worth noting that there is no real "formalized" or "official" scientific method. Just some agreed upon commonalities. Any dozen science books will give you a dozen different graphs of the steps, and no two will be the same.

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