In other cases we may uncover flaws in out systems of observation, calibration, measurement, or data recording. And of course there is always the possibility that the experimental model is inadequate in the acquisition of certain intangible kinds of knowledge. Even so, the process of experimentation is useful even when accidents, oversights, or miscalculations result in some deviation from the established hypothetical goal. A self-reflective device, a navigational tool, a process of epistemic feedback, a recipe for conscious growth, an engine or wonderment. The experimental ethic is all these and more, and only ceases to be when we stop asking questions or think we have it all figured out.
Any experiment begins with the notion that there is something missing from the big picture.
Some area unexperienced, shapes out of focus, realms yet to be nudged out of the periphery and into common view. Experimentation can be as spiritual as it is scientific, driven by an intense desire to know and sense the universe around us in novel ways.