Status of Impossible Abstract Requirements
What happens in situations where an abstract requirement can't be met? What do we do when we would like to keep certain theories but those theories are left in limbo?
Occasionally methods ask us certain requirements which cannot be met. For example, supposing a surgical theories need testing, how would we apply a double blind trial? A surgeon cannot be blinded nor can the patient not know they are being operated on. Surely we do not outright reject surgical theories on the basis they cannot be tested in this way? Do we develop some alternate? Is there an tacit internal agreement between surgeons?
In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Hakob Barseghyan, Liron Cohen and Charlotte Brown in 2018. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. At the moment, the question has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.
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Scientonomy | 8 March 2018 | We talked about this during the seminar and came to the conclusion we could not immediately answer the question. | Yes |
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