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Trial and error

trial and error

The apparently random, haphazard, hit-or-miss exploratory activity which often precedes the acquisition of new information or adjustments; it may be overt, as in a rat running in a maze, or covert (vicarious), as when one thinks of various ways of coping with a situation.


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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... Wheat, sugars, oats, grains, soya, dairy. It took a year of trial and error to identify foods that worked for me. It was difficult and the food"allowed" ...

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by Kins
Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:50 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 485933

Closed Ecosystem

... it even possible to make any predictions or is the only way to go here Trial & Error? Is it even possible at all? While this is a cool science project on its own, I am partially ...

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by LexMortis
Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:16 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Closed Ecosystem
Replies: 0
Views: 762

Genetics - Drosophila

trial and error, make a table of their percentages

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by mith
Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:58 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genetics - Drosophila
Replies: 4
Views: 424

Re: Looking for answers/input.

... only to demonstrate that 4.54 billion years isn't enough time for trial and error like some people believe. Some say, "life has had so much time to mutate, go wrong, ...

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by Mirabilis
Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:07 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Looking for answers/input.
Replies: 9
Views: 1122

Looking for answers/input.

... 4 billion years" as if 4 billion years is enough time for enough trial and error for nature to finally get it right. In actuality, 4 billion years is nowhere near enough ...

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by Mirabilis
Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Looking for answers/input.
Replies: 9
Views: 1122
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