دانلود کتاب به کارگیری روش علمی برای درس گرفتن از اشتباهات و نزدیک شدن به حقیقت

The title of the book is intended to incorporate two concepts. One is that learning from our mistakes is a simple representation of the scientific method. The other is that although the aim of science is to search for truth, it can never claim to attain it although it can claim to approach it. Many people believe that they know the truth. Some may have formed their beliefs as a result of seeking information and thinking deeply about issues. Others may have been convinced by persuasive arguments. There are some who are easily influenced and uncritically believe what they are told; in other words, they are brainwashed. Is it better to steadfastly believe that we know the truth or, as in the scientific method, to always retain doubts and never assume we hold the absolute truth? Many would side with the former. Isn’t it better to feel sure and to have complete confidence in your belief than to never assume that you know the truth? What about if the belief you hold is false? Just because you hold a strong belief doesn’t mean that it is necessarily true. What is the criterion for believing that you hold the truth? There may not be one. On the other hand, scientists, although never claiming to know the absolute truth, do have a criterion for estab­lishing if they are moving towards it.

The hypothetico- deductive scientific method creates a hypothesis which is then severely tested. If the test refutes the hypothesis, it is rejected and a search for a new one is commenced. The new hypothesis may make use of what was learned from the failed one. If the test does not refute it, it is considered to be corroborated. Although it can never be assumed that the absolute truth has been attained, more confidence is justified that we are moving towards it. Thus, we have a criterion for getting closer to the truth.

There are people who believe that they possess the truth in regard to a certain way of thinking or to an ideology. If the belief turns out to be false, then the gift of life that has been bestowed on them may have been wasted. It would have been better to have gone through life searching for truth rather than basing their actions on a false belief.