Authors :
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 2 - February
Google Scholar :
https://tinyurl.com/4dykydam
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/y5tzf3vf
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10731704
Abstract :
This paper, which is perhaps our umpteenth
and umptieth on scientific method and scientific
methodology, proposes, discusses and lays bare the
canon of what we propose to call “irreducible
simplicity”. We believe and hypothesize that this
approach would encompass, and play a natural, pivotal
and a vital role in all aspects and facets of scientific
activity from the cradle to the grave such as grounds-up
hypothesis conceptualization, hypothesis building,
detailed hypothesis specification, hypothesis testing and
refinement, and structured and effective science
communication to the masses, including people from
different cultures and different parts of the world. We
also review the various and varied steps in common
scientific method and methodology, and also review
various canons such as the canon of simplicity, the canon
of economy, the canon of parsimony, the canon of
efficiency, and the canon of efficacy. We also compare
and contrast this concept with the concept of
“irreducible complexity”; the latter is widely held to be a
pseudo-scientific concept, and does not fall within the
parameter and radar of bona fide, beneficial and healthy
science. We also explain and discuss why this approach
would invariably and inevitably catapult and propel
science to a higher trajectory, amplify and magnify
science communication to the masses, with ample just
rewards for the common man, and for science and
scientific activity in general.
This paper, which is perhaps our umpteenth
and umptieth on scientific method and scientific
methodology, proposes, discusses and lays bare the
canon of what we propose to call “irreducible
simplicity”. We believe and hypothesize that this
approach would encompass, and play a natural, pivotal
and a vital role in all aspects and facets of scientific
activity from the cradle to the grave such as grounds-up
hypothesis conceptualization, hypothesis building,
detailed hypothesis specification, hypothesis testing and
refinement, and structured and effective science
communication to the masses, including people from
different cultures and different parts of the world. We
also review the various and varied steps in common
scientific method and methodology, and also review
various canons such as the canon of simplicity, the canon
of economy, the canon of parsimony, the canon of
efficiency, and the canon of efficacy. We also compare
and contrast this concept with the concept of
“irreducible complexity”; the latter is widely held to be a
pseudo-scientific concept, and does not fall within the
parameter and radar of bona fide, beneficial and healthy
science. We also explain and discuss why this approach
would invariably and inevitably catapult and propel
science to a higher trajectory, amplify and magnify
science communication to the masses, with ample just
rewards for the common man, and for science and
scientific activity in general.