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The Character of Physical Law

How to discover new Knowledge https://youtu.be/kEx-gRfuhhk?si=omoBfs5qPcd22Xk9&t=19094

graph TD
    A["πŸ€“ Formulate a New Theory/Hypothesis <br/> (The 'Guess')"] --> B["πŸ§ͺ Design & Conduct Experiment <br/> (Attempt #1 to break it)"];
    B --> C{"πŸ”¬ Does Experiment Contradict Theory?"};
    C -- Yes! --> D["πŸŽ‰ Hooray! Theory is WRONG! πŸŽ‰ <br/> (We learned something! Back to the drawing board!)"];
    C -- No... --> E["πŸ€” Theory is NOT PROVEN WRONG... <br/> (by *this* specific experiment, anyway...)"];
    E --> F["🀯 Design MORE & WIDER Experiments! <br/> (Try even harder to prove it wrong! More data! Different conditions!)"];
    F --> G["πŸ§ͺ Conduct New, Broader Experiment <br/> (Attempt #N to break it)"];
    G --> H{"πŸ”¬ Does this NEW Experiment <br/> Contradict Theory?"};
    H -- Yes! --> D;
    H -- No... --> I["😫 Still NOT PROVEN WRONG... <br/> (This theory is surprisingly resilient... or we're not trying hard enough!)"];
    I -- Keep Trying... --> F;

    J["Feynman's Comical Truth:<br/>You never prove a theory RIGHT. <br/>You just get increasingly confident <br/>it's *not yet proven wrong* by a growing pile of experiments.<br/>Or, you joyfully discover it IS wrong! Science! πŸ˜„"];

    D --> J;
    I --> J;
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