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		samstave on Sept 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Speed-of-light experiments yield baffling result a... The Scientific Method could be boiled down to: 10: Question Reality 20: Verify Results 30: GOTO 10

Radim on Sept 23, 2011 | [–]

let's try without GOTO:

    while anyone_cares:
        improve_model()
    
        if theory_of_everything_appears or strong_ai_appears:
            raise Exception("rethink loop")

InclinedPlane on Sept 23, 2011 | | [–]

10: Question (the currently accepted model of) Reality

20: Verify Results

30: GOTO 10

_d8fd on Sept 23, 2011 | [–]

Line numbers. Awww yeah!

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