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Advancing The Use of "Continuous Zero-Based Reassessment of Assumptions, Hypotheses and Methods": A Vital Tool and Technique in The Interests of Better Science
Advancing The Use of "Continuous Zero-Based Reassessment of Assumptions, Hypotheses and Methods": A Vital Tool and Technique in The Interests of Better Science
ISSN No:-2456-2165
Abstract:- The approach conceptualized, described and course, but instead create in the medium and the long-term,
advocated in this paper may appear to be highly a healthy, an infallible and a dedicated enterprise devoted to
conventional and non-radical at the outset and at a the constant grounds-up assessment and reassessment of
preliminary or a cursory glance, but it has plenty of assumptions both explicit and implicit, (any premise that is
substance to offer to the healthy pursuit of rigour, accepted as true or certain, but without certainty or adequate
dispassionate objectivity, and wholesome and balanced or sufficient proof or evidence) premises, presuppositions,
scientific activity. We do not aim or propose to set the cat methods, methodologies, tools, techniques, hypotheses,
among the pigeons or create an unwarranted flutter that processes, procedures, frameworks and paradigms, including
could potentially rattle and alienate scholars, but instead all legacy and archaic methods, methodologies, tools,
create in the medium and the long-term, a healthy, an techniques, hypotheses, processes, procedures, frameworks
infallible and a dedicated enterprise devoted to the and paradigms such that an intrinsic self-correcting
constant grounds-up assessment and reassessment of mechanism can be forged to channelize science and
assumptions both explicit and implicit, methods, scientific activity in a meaningful and a productive long-
methodologies, tools, techniques, hypotheses, processes, term direction, and in the healthy interests of science and
procedures, frameworks and paradigms, including all society as a whole.
legacy and archaic methods, methodologies, tools,
techniques, hypotheses, processes, procedures, We had discussed many of the terms, if not most of
frameworks and paradigms such that an intrinsic self- them in an earlier paper, but we believe they would need no
correcting mechanism can be forged and materialized to introduction to most scholars, thinkers and intellectuals alive
channelize science and scientific activity in a meaningful today. Needless to say, we expect this to lead to faster
and a productive long-term direction, and in the healthy scientific progress as well, and help ditch and dump less-
interests of science and society as a whole. Needless to than-ideal constructs and ideas by the wayside. It will also,
say, we expect this to lead to faster scientific progress as we hope and estimate, lead to bullet proof reliability in
well, and what we have always called “scientific progress various avenues and fields of scientific activity, as far as
at the speed of light”. existing evidence or established methodologies will permit
or allow for it. This approach would be somewhat akin to
I. INTRODUCTION the zero-trust security model in information security, and
draw some inspiration from it. The latter is based on the
“All progress is born of inquiry. Doubt is often better “trust no one, verify everything” principle. Therefore, as per
than overconfidence, for it leads to inquiry, and inquiry this approach, all assumptions, hypotheses and methods
leads to invention” Hudson Maxim must be constantly reassessed from time to time, especially
when new evidence is introduced or presents itself, or when
“The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be there is new or added evidence and reason to believe that an
those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot overhaul or a thorough revamp of existing structure is in
learn, unlearn and relearn” Alvin Toffler order. But just what is an assumption? 1 2
The approach conceptualized, described and advocated An assumption may be loosely defined as a
in this paper may appear to be highly conventional, supposition, a proposition, an axiom or a postulation, often
conformist, orthodox, unadventurous and non-radical at the or commonly a mistaken or a not completely correct or a
outset and at a cursory, preliminary and a superficial glance, factual one, and one that is held without complete evidence
but it has plenty of substance, material and meat to offer in or rigorous and thorough testing. It is usually a non-self-
the direction of and the path towards the healthy pursuit of
extreme rigour, dispassionate and imperturbable objectivity,
and wholesome and healthy scientific activity as well. We do 1
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IV. CONCLUSION