• Question: Have you ever tried to do an experiment that you know will failed but tried to prove it wrong?

    Asked by thedoctor to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 22 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Chris Needham

      Chris Needham answered on 22 Mar 2010:

      Yes. sometimes you need to prove for yourself that something does what you expect. Particularly on a computer, I often devise a number of test cases, and check that everything performs as expected (including say that I can’t learn anything good from very few data points). This helps check that the code I’ve written works right.

    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 22 Mar 2010:

      Hmm… no, not that I can think of really.

    • Photo: Olivia Hibbitt

      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Hey thedoctor,

      I always start an experiment with the expectation that it won’t work!

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      Nope, but I’ve definitely done experiments with a small chance of sucess. As one of my friends says – you’ve got to dream big to win big!

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