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why is it good to use anomalies in an experiment and also why is it not good?
Data points are data points, just because they might not fit with what you expect doesn't mean they should be conveniently ignored. They might be indicative of something significant, eg. Rutherford fired alpha particles at some gold foil and the vast majority of them didn't deflect much - but every now and then one would go back the way it came --> first evidence for an atomic nucleus, and ruled out the prevailing model at the time.
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Original post by SnoochToTheBooch
Data points are data points, just because they might not fit with what you expect doesn't mean they should be conveniently ignored. They might be indicative of something significant, eg. Rutherford fired alpha particles at some gold foil and the vast majority of them didn't deflect much - but every now and then one would go back the way it came --> first evidence for an atomic nucleus, and ruled out the prevailing model at the time.

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