Science tech and truth terms

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Objective

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based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings

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Subjective

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based on somebody’s opinions or feelings rather than on facts or evidence

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Iterative

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repeating again and again

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Observation

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the careful watching and recording of something

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Hypothesis

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a tentative explanation for a phenomenon, used as a basis for further investigation

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Prediction

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a statement of what somebody thinks will happen in the future

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Experiment

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a test, especially a scientific one, carried out in order to discover whether a theory is correct or what the results of a particular course of action would be

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Theory

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a set of facts, propositions, or principles analysed in their relation to one another and used, especially in science, to explain phenomena

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Empirical

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based on or characterized by observation and experiment instead of theory

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Deductive reasoning

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Infers what is true for a population will also be true for each individual element making up that population

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Premise

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a proposition that forms the basis of an argument or from which a conclusion is drawn

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Inductive reasoning

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Something that is true for a sample of population can infer its true for the population in its entirety

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Models

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something that is copied or used as the basis for a related idea, process, or system

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Science

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the study of the physical and natural world and phenomena, especially by using systematic observation and experiment

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Self-correcting

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able or tending to notice personal mistakes and correct them

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Teleology

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the study of the ends or purposes things serve

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Inferences

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idea or conclusion that’s reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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Fallacies

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something that is believed to be true but is erroneous

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Black-Swan Event

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describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.

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Reliable

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able to be trusted to do what is expected or has been promised

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Verifiable

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to prove that something is true

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Falsifiable

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to alter something in order to deceive

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Bias

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an unfair preference for or dislike of something

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Accurate

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giving a correct or truthful representation of something

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Parsimonious

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very frugal or ungenerous

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Okhams-Razor

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a scientific and philosophical rule that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily which is interpreted as requiring that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex or that explanations of unknown phenomena be sought first in terms of known quantities

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Reproducible

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to do something in the same way as before

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Precise

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exact and accurate, or detailed and specific