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An Experiment (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not make science into research; science must already be research before experiment is even possible.

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Experiment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠rooted, like the program of mathematics, in man as ego facing the thing as object — and so is itself historical.

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An Experiment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not what makes science modern — craftsmen always tested things; what matters is how the test is set up and the preconception about things it rests on.

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An Experiment (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the modern sense poses conditions in advance to which nature must answer one way or another — science is experimental because it first mathematically skipped over all facts.

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An Experiment (n.) gets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from nature, physical or psychical, only a reply to what it is asked; so the result can corroborate a way of questioning but never justify it.

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An Experiment (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the modern sense is defined not by the apparatus but by the way of questioning — the concept of nature: because science is exact, therefore it experiments.

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An Experiment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not "Nordic-Germanic" as opposed to a foreign rationalism — say so and you must count Newton and Leibniz among the "Jews"; the mathematical projection of nature is what makes experiment possible.