[calibraxis]

It's about looking at the underlying mechanisms.

Lots of science is about looking at "no shit, Sherlock" phenomena. The hope is you can find principles beneath the commonsense aspects. Ideally, you see the commonsense and allow yourself to get puzzled by it.

For example, physicists can't tell you much about what goes on outside your window; it's too complex. They isolate little things in highly controlled environments which remove as much as possible. ("Experiments".)

[crander]

Yeah. And I thought this experiment was too stupid. I can't beleive how petty Hacker News has gotten to mark me down on this.

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