It needs to be paired with quality experiments, and when that data shows consistent results, those results should be accepted. Asking things like “is the Earth flat” or “does the Covid vaccine kill people” without accepting the wealth of data that’s already out there is of little value.
Questions are of far less value than quality experiments with good documentation.
Question is one of the first steps in the scientific process.
What the fuck you gonna study/experiment on without asking a question first?
It needs to be paired with quality experiments, and when that data shows consistent results, those results should be accepted. Asking things like “is the Earth flat” or “does the Covid vaccine kill people” without accepting the wealth of data that’s already out there is of little value.
Anything at all under an authoritarian regime.