Re: Paper of little worth (Score 1)

To the Ex post facto case, the is no reason a research cannot gather data and reach a hypothesis after the fact. Many innovative technologies and discoveries have occurred by happy accidents I a laboratory environment. The problem comes when the hypothesis formed is treated as an indisputable scienrific law without further, independent testing to replicate the initial research or the hypothesis becomes part on an establishment narrative protected from further criticism or scrutiny by political, religious, and/or economic force.