A theory predicts something, constrained by older findings or within the frame of known models, and lays out specific expected results, then any related data would be collected, filtered, and looked into? I think... 😅

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Okay, I didn't have in mind the exact steps of how the data is collected when I tried to guess above (not that I would have guessed right anyways, haha), so excuse my ignorance. :'D

Man, that's a lot of floppy disks 💾 you guys use at CERN... No wonder I can't find any in the shops anymore xD