Late in the game and perhaps missing the point, but in order to try and understand for myself...
Your objection was that you:
(1) followed the 'method' or 'ideal' as (2) well as possible
and
(3) ended up with a hypothesis that was factually incorrect
(4) risked of 'wasting' a very long time researching something that ended up being wrong
and
(5) that the 'method' or 'ideal' does not help one to avoid this properly
(6) all of which combined make the method/ideal problematic as it is likely to statistically to also result in a high number of 'wasted years researching something useless' (or some variation of that)
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Now, there are many ways to look at this argument.
Late in the game and perhaps missing the point, but in order to try and understand for myself...
Your objection was that you:
(1) followed the 'method' or 'ideal' as (2) well as possible and (3) ended up with a hypothesis that was factually incorrect (4) risked of 'wasting' a very long time researching something that ended up being wrong and (5) that the 'method' or 'ideal' does not help one to avoid this properly (6) all of which combined make the method/ideal problematic as it is likely to statistically to also result in a high number of 'wasted years researching something useless' (or some variation of that)
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Now, there are many ways to look at this argument.
In reference to (1)... (read more)