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Scientific method

The procedure for being wrong less often, imperfectly followed.

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Science fiction

Science fiction doesn’t predict the future—it rehearses the ethics of power disguised as progress.

Avicenna didn’t just write medicine—he built the first operating system for scientific thought.

Empiricism doesn’t trust your mind until your eyes, ears, and instruments have signed off.

Pragmatism does not ask 'Is it true?'—it asks 'What happens if you act on it?'

Rationalism doesn’t trust the senses—it distrusts them. And that’s where it starts to fail.

Skepticism isn’t doubt for doubt’s sake—it’s the only tool that stops belief from becoming dogma.

Aristotle didn’t discover truth—he built the first scalable syntax for arguing about it.

Science isn’t discovered in labs—it’s built there, one discarded datum at a time.

He didn’t narrate nature—he deferred to it.

The Smithsonian wasn’t built to house museums—it was built to sit outside government.