Evidenced-Based Reasoning

Generalization of a Scientific Method

• What can we compute --> what can we observe?

• What can/do we learn from these observations?

• How sure are we that we are "right"?

  • Have we solved the problem right? (verification)
  • Have we solved the right problem? (validation)

• Why should we care?

Computational Science: it's all about 'expectation management'

"A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would, if it became general, cure most of the ills from which the world suffers."

            -- Bertrand Russell