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What is the modern scientific method?

The modern scientific method is nothing more than a formalism.

It consists of formulating knowledge in the form of propositions of the type “If A₁ and A₂ and A₃ etc, then B”, or equivalent.
These proposals must also satisfy two conditions:

If a person replicating the experimental conditions does not see the conclusion, then the proposition is invalidated and withdrawn.

Interest of science

She does not contradict herself. There is therefore no reason to resort to social violence to impose the conclusion. When scientists oppose each other violently, it is because they present as scientific propositions assertions which are abusive generalizations of propositions, that is to say in which part of the experimental conditions have been forgotten.

Ignorance of the modern scientific method and its social consequences

On the one hand, we see that even individuals who have received a Nobel Prize in a scientific subject are very often incapable of clearly explaining what the modern scientific method is, even though they practice it perfectly.

On the other hand, people who have studied literature are generally incapable of understanding the difference between a scientific proposition and a merely plausible opinion. This is a big problem because it leads them to oppose opinions to scientific proposals, and this leads to dogmatic decisions on the part of individuals who think they are tolerant because they confront opinions.
En effet, l'ignorance de la différence fondamentale qui existe entre un fait établi conformément à la méthode scientifique moderne, et un avis simplement vraisemblable, conduit ces personnes à considérer comme une marque d'intolérance, doublée d'une attaque personnelle, toute tentative de faire passer au dessus de leur avis simplement vraisemblable, un avis contraire, sous prétexte qu'il est le produit de la démarche scientifique moderne. De fait, cela les conduit à attaquer de manière virulente les personnes qui défendent les faits objectifs contre les croyances. Voir la question 'What do you have to do to be a good person?'

Quotes

Henri Poincaré, Science and hypothesis, 1917: "Doubt everything or believe everything are two also convenient solutions, which both dispense with thinking. »»

Confucius, Les entretiens, 2.17 : « Lou, voulez-vous que je vous enseigne le moyen d’arriver à la science véritable ? Ce qu’on sait, savoir qu’on le sait ; ce qu’on ne sait pas, savoir qu’on ne le sait pas : c’est savoir véritablement. »

Go deeper

Consult the beginning of chapter 22'Citizenship, education and philosophy' from the book From capital to reason.

Comme expliqué à l'article 'Construire les sciences humaines comme les mathématiques', ce site constitue une nouvelle approche des sciences humaines, inspirée de la méthodologie qui sert à construire les mathématiques.