• Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I give you an orange and then i give you another orange, how many oranges do you have empirically.

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      1 year ago

      Sure. I observe 2 oranges. I can also observe the world around me. Although observation is a part of the scientific method it is not the scientific method it self. Perhaps what I said can use more clarification, take Pythagorean theorem. This is not something which is proverable through science or observation but rather mathematically through logic. Its not something which you can put under a microscope.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Not directly since there are no perfect triangles but it ties into sine and cosine which ties into the equations that govern light. Which are always true no matter how often we measure them.