Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best 20-20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.

— Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)

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