Thank you for laying this out. I remember in my early years as a aspiring scientific thinker, I fell into the trap of thinking things were gold standard or BS. This is the clearest breakdown I’ve seen of how knowledge actually solidifies in the real world (with Temporel and financial constraints considered). This or a refined version of it should be shared far more broadly!
Steal it please, what do you think about my modification?
I have MS (brain damage, makes me forgetful and erratic/eccentric) and suck at self promotion. I wouldnt know where to start.
In my editing bonanza, i cut an important step:
Case N(umerical hypothesis, doctoral work and more funding for the PhD: hypothesis getting formulated in more rigorous ways, maybe finding roots and improving on older methods, comparing with older methods, or disproving older methods)
I cant seem to edit the comment anymore, i will come back to it later today and see! For now, i posted it as a new submission and hope it finds audience
