CRM/LAW C162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Convenience Store, Broken Windows Theory, Theoretical Ecology
25 Apr 2018
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Empirical meaning one uses ones" senses (sight, sound, touch) Collects data w/ ones senses n then tries to capture really thorough sensory data. Should a blackjack player hit on 17? o! No bc the dealer"s only advantage is that u have to draw a card 1st so there"s a chance u will bust. Is earth the center of the solar system? o! Science appeal to inductive n deductive logic (scientific method) Scientific method bacon-galileo-newton: !sir francis bacon wrote down all the rules of science, !galileo n newton knew the scientific method but could not explain to other ppl. Scientific theories are supposed to be wrong we need to test theories and see the circumstances that makes it wrong. U steal my car, i"m gonna steal urs now o! When u perform an experiment, no matter how it turns out, u can explain the outcome. Scientific theories attempt to predict n explain crime o!
