They sometimes put so much personal and professional energy into a pet theory or pet project that it becomes almost impossible for them to move on when their theories/projects turn out to be red herrings.
Another word for mistake is error.
Ahh, Your probably doing a crossword puzzle. The answer you are looking for should be Error. If the question is Scientists make a mistake, or ______, and need to do an experiment again.? Then you got the answer.
oh for god's sake scientists are only human everyone makes mistakes!! Yeah they make alot of contribution but they do make mistakes and are wrong sometimes
They make a hypothesis
They determine what they did wrong, and try again.
A mistake a scientist makes is called an error. You're probably doing a crossword puzzle. The answer you are looking for should be Error. If the question is Scientists make a mistake, or ______, and need to do an experiment again.? Then you have the answer.
Yes scientists can make mistakes, they are only people and all people can make mistakes. However the scientific methodrequires that any scientific discovery is repeatable and can be authenticated independently. This means that if a mistake is made it will likely be discovered.
redo or retest the experiment
A five letter word for a scientists mistake is "error."
the answer is: Error
It is called an error!
They need to keep a record of each step, then start the experiment over and try not to make the mistake again or make changes in what they did to see what outcome they get.