Do You Conduct Your Own Scientific Experiments

[Turtle]

___Perhaps it's my eccentricity, but part of my scientific interest involves conducting my own experiments. I build machines, write programs, take & anylize phototgraphs, & otherwise incorporate experiments into my acquisition of knowledge.

___This brings us to this poll, an experiment of sorts, for establishing some quantification in this regard.

___Note: this is not a scientic poll technically. ;)

[Buffy]

Yep! How can you know anything if you don't at least know how to do an experiment. I try to stay away from the ones labeled "do not try this at home" since I have no desire to win a Darwin Award. But when my kid is trying to do something interesting with her grape juice or perform interesting stunts on the chair while watching TV, I have always warned her with the line "that looks like a really interesting/dangerous physics/hydrodynamics experiment"...she laughs and stops before doing too much damage...

 

Most of my experiments involve either food or programming or the Buffymobile if the cops aren't around...

 

Cheers,

Buffy

[infamous]

Life without experiment would be utterly boring. Like the ticking of a clock, tick-tock, tick-tock..............................a endless road to nowhere.

[C1ay]

Somehow I don't think the first 3 options are going to get many hits amongst the population of a science community....Just thinking out loud!

[infamous]

Somehow I don't think the first 3 options are going to get many hits amongst the population of a science community....Just thinking out loud!

 

Absolutely C1ay; That almost goes without saying. If anyone at Hypography does answer this poll with any of the first 2 options, I would have to question their reasons for participating at this forum.

[Queso]

everything i do is virtually an experiment!

[niviene]

I was an experiment! ;)

 

I said occasionally, because, let's face it, I'm not the most scientific person here, but I still am very curious and I am fascinated by how stuff works. As a child I was scolded often for taking things apart to find out what was inside... watch, car, batteries, cat... just kidding. My father worked for IBM ever since I can remember, so there were always things laying around that I didn't understand, voltmeters, oscilliscopes, boards and resistors, capacitors, and transistors... old computer parts... those were fun to experiment with. I try to figure out how certain experiments were conducted before the accuracy of today's instruments, that's something I really like to think about, although rarely can I come up with something that works. After I finish my classes, perhaps I'll take a class or two in a real science... so I won't feel so behind around here. ;)

[bumab]

All the time. Especially in the classroom to see what seems to work better, but often at home. I just recently ran an experiment to determine the optimal amount of oil in a pan when popping popcorn in a 6 in. pan. it's about 1 1/2 tsp. olive oil, if you were wondering.... ;)

[Fishteacher73]

All the time. Especially in the classroom to see what seems to work better, but often at home. I just recently ran an experiment to determine the optimal amount of oil in a pan when popping popcorn in a 6 in. pan. it's about 1 1/2 tsp. olive oil, if you were wondering.... ;)

 

For you.... Variances in heat source, pan material and shape, altitude, can all play a factor. My favoite method involves just the microwave.... ;)

[bumab]

True, that's definitly for me. Sea level, stainless steel pan, gas stove set on medium high...

[zadojla]

Like bumab, I recently experimented to determine the perfect amount of water and electric burner settings to cook basmati rice. Now I have it "down to a science"!

[bumab]

And I'm sure we've all experimented on the optimal time for microwave popcorn to pop on high in our particular microwaves- 2:47 for me. That's with Healthy Pop brand, yellow package. Gave the stuff up for the pan popped, organic kind, but hey- microwave popcorn was a big part of many people's lives...

[Fishteacher73]

Most all of my home experiments have involved my fish tanks...Cycling methods, lighting, salt mixtures, trace element concentrations, filtration methods, propagation methods,etc, etc, etc.

[Chris The Great]

I do them all the time, I even have my own lab space :note:

 

Unfortunatly, it seems a large portion of my time is spent cleaning out jars and other assorted reaction vessels etc after an experiment is finished. :note:

[Dark Mind]

And I'm sure we've all experimented on the optimal time for microwave popcorn to pop on high in our particular microwaves- 2:47 for me. That's with Healthy Pop brand, yellow package. Gave the stuff up for the pan popped, organic kind, but hey- microwave popcorn was a big part of many people's lives...

<snicker>

And I thought I was the only one :D.

I guess great minds do think alike :).

My optimal time is 2:19, with Redenbaucher's, Blue bag. :D

[justforfun]

I never do SCIENTIFIC experiments since I am not a scientist, even a bad one. But experiments about the nature of reality/conscioussness, using meditation, breathing techniques, etc etc etc. Sure.

[Dark Mind]

I never do SCIENTIFIC experiments since I am not a scientist, even a bad one. But experiments about the nature of reality/conscioussness, using meditation, breathing techniques, etc etc etc. Sure.

An experiment of any kind is scientific to some extent. :)