1 What is science?

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“Reality is negotiable.” — Tim Ferriss

1.1 General background

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” —¹, Clarke’s third law

Full quote

“Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical.” — Tim Ferriss

Idea of hypotheses

Science is guessing and falsification

² What is this thing called Science?

³ What is science

⁴ What is science?

⁵ Models Demystified: A Practical Guide from Linear Regression to Deep Learning

⁶ Statistical Thinking for the 21st Century

⁷ The beginning of infinity: Explanations that transform the world

David Deutsch > Quotes

1.2 Theoretical background

1.3 R packages used

1.4 Data

1.5 Alternatives

Further tutorials and R packages on XXX

1.6 Glossary

term: what does it mean.

1.7 The meaning of “Models of Reality” in this chapter.

itemize with max. 5-6 words

1.8 Summary

References

[1]

Clarke AC. Clarke’s third law on UFO’s. Science. 1968;159(3812):255-255.

[2]

Chalmers AF. What Is This Thing Called Science? Hackett Publishing; 2013.

[3]

Feynman R. What is science. Published online 1966.

[4]

Campbell NR. What is science? Published online 1952.

[5]

Clark M, Berry S. Models Demystified: A Practical Guide from Linear Regression to Deep Learning. CRC Press; 2025.

[6]

Cox D, Efron B. Statistical thinking for 21st century scientists. Science advances. 2017;3(6):e1700768.

[7]

Deutsch D. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World. penguin uK; 2011.

```{r echo = FALSE, warning = FALSE} source("init.R") source("images/part_0/part_0_science.R") ``` # What is science? {#sec-what-is-science} *Last modified on `r format(fs::file_info("chapter-01-what-is-science.qmd")$modification_time, '%d. %B %Y at %H:%M:%S')`* > *"Reality is negotiable." --- Tim Ferriss* ```{r} #| echo: false #| message: false #| warning: false #| label: fig-chap-01-vulcan #| fig-align: center #| fig-height: 3.5 #| fig-width: 10.5 #| fig-cap: "foo **(A)** foo **(B)** foo" p_vulcan_observed + p_vulcan_model + plot_layout(ncol = 2) + plot_annotation(tag_levels = 'A', tag_prefix = '(', tag_suffix = ')') & theme(plot.tag = element_text(size = 16, face = "bold")) ``` ```{r} #| echo: false #| message: false #| warning: false #| label: fig-chap-01-habital #| fig-align: center #| fig-height: 3.5 #| fig-width: 10.5 #| fig-cap: "foo **(A)** foo **(B)** foo" p_habital_observed + p_habital_model + plot_layout(ncol = 2) + plot_annotation(tag_levels = 'A', tag_prefix = '(', tag_suffix = ')') & theme(plot.tag = element_text(size = 16, face = "bold")) ``` ```{r} #| echo: false #| message: false #| warning: false #| label: fig-chap-01-hollow #| fig-align: center #| fig-height: 3.5 #| fig-width: 10.5 #| fig-cap: "foo **(A)** foo **(B)** foo" p_hollow_observed + p_hollow_model + plot_layout(ncol = 2) + plot_annotation(tag_levels = 'A', tag_prefix = '(', tag_suffix = ')') & theme(plot.tag = element_text(size = 16, face = "bold")) ``` ## General background > *"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --- @clarke1968clarke, Clarke's third law* Full quote > *"Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical." --- Tim Ferriss* Idea of hypotheses Science is guessing and falsification @chalmers2013thing [What is this thing called Science?](https://www.pmf.unizg.hr/_download/repository/1._Dodatna_literatura_%28filozofija_znanosti%29%5B3%5D.pdf) @feynman1966science [What is science](https://www-oc.chemie.uni-regensburg.de/diaz/media/docs/feynman_what-is-science_68.pdf) @campbell1952science [What is science?](https://www.whatisscience.info/files/what_is_science_rd1.pdf) @clark2025models [Models Demystified: A Practical Guide from Linear Regression to Deep Learning](https://m-clark.github.io/book-of-models/) @cox2017statistical [Statistical Thinking for the 21st Century](https://statsthinking21.github.io/statsthinking21-core-site/index.html) @deutsch2011beginning [The beginning of infinity: Explanations that transform the world](https://www.academia.edu/download/106176299/rtx120400544p.pdf) [David Deutsch > Quotes](https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/103190.David_Deutsch) ## Theoretical background ## R packages used ## Data ## Alternatives Further tutorials and R packages on XXX ## Glossary term : what does it mean. ## The meaning of "Models of Reality" in this chapter. - itemize with max. 5-6 words ## Summary ## References {.unnumbered}