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Casey Christofaris

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How do we prove an answer

that it How do we prove an answer


I just want to clarify that I do love science and the understanding of the universe that it has brought us. As well as the tech

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  • Rob Hall

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    Feb 7 2013: No, B is not the question to the answer A, B is the question (experiment) you ask A to get the answer C. If you do not get C, A is the wrong person (hypothesis) to ask the question B. We then go back to the drawing board and find out what A should be in order for us to get C when we ask the question B.

    (This is getting confusing, haha)
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      Feb 7 2013: A and B are both questions?

      A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.

      Is an explanation an answer?

      ex·plain verb ik-ˈsplān
      transitive verb
      1
      a : to make known
      b : to make plain or understandable
      2
      : to give the reason for or cause of

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