Expelaboration

Expelaboration is a process where extra knowledge is gained or created by elaborating on experiments. There are many different ways knowledge can be gained about experiments. One obvious ways is by the repeating of an experiment with greater attention to detail. But there are many ways that experiments do not have to be repeated to increase the knowledge that is known about the experiment. Like combining the knowledge about the experiment with other scientific knowledge that is already known, or with knowledge from other experiments that have already been done. Frequently, an experiment will either add to the current system of knowledge or cause a conflict in the scientific system of knowledge thus producing a better or more comprehensive and coherent system of knowledge. An simple example of expelaboration is the experiment of combining baking soda and vinegar. A chemical reaction occurs when they are combined. This is an expepath with certain initial conditions and continuing conditions through the experiment. The initial and continuing conditions of the experiment could be different in many different ways. For instance, the temperature, air pressure, content, amount, and strength of the combining compounds etc., can be slightly to very different than the original experiment. By combining the information from other experiments, correct predictions can be made about the resulting different expepaths with their different initial and continuing physical conditions without doing the experiment itself. This process also can produce more information about the original experiment which is expelaboration on the original experiment.