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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBecause you can’t employ the scientific method with only one person. You need at least 2 to perform peer reviews.
minus-squaretestfactor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPeer 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.
Because you can’t employ the scientific method with only one person.
You need at least 2 to perform peer reviews.
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.