- Define a relevant problem.
- Establish one or more hypotheses.
- Determine the empirical implications of the hypotheses.
- Collect appropriate data through observation and/or experimentation.
- Test the hypothesis by comparing these data with other expected implications.
- Reject, revise, and/or retest hypotheses as necessary.
(Archaeology, 4th Ed. by David Hurst Thomas and Robert L. Kelly, copyright 2006 Thomson Wadsworth)
What that all means in laymen’s' terms is:
- Figure out what’s bugging you and why it needs an answer.
- Armchair Quarterback it for a while.
- Tell everyone that if they had listened to you the problem would already be solved.
- Read about the problem in the paper if you can. Or on the Internet.
- Get together with your friends and talk about how brilliantly you could solve the problem if you had the time and money.
- They will dis you; just talk louder until they agree with you or someone else has a better solution.
I said all that to get to this: There is Doubt over date for Brit invasion. Yes, someone out there is trying to figure out exactly when Julius Caesar landed in Britain. The general consensus seems to be that he landed between August 26-27, 55BC. There is new evidence that the tide was in the wrong direction for that date to be accurate, says Dr Donald Olson, a tide expert.
He puts the invasion date around August 23-24.
I say let's end this debate, and make August 25th, a good, in-between day (and also my birthday!) ROMAN INVASION DAY.
On R.I.Day, there should be a parade, and everyone has to dress up like a Roman soldier or Celtic native, we'll stage mock battles, and reenact the Landing at Deal, the very port the Great General's landing.
Wouldn't that be great?
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