Experimentalists' Third Comment on Realism

Experimentalists' comment on realism is that it can provide a useful and productive framework for understanding the world, but any conclusions drawn from it must be tested empirically. Realism suggests that the physical world has an objective, tangible reality that can be observed, experimented on, and studied. Using the tools of the scientific method, and making sure to account for feasible confounding factors, allow for the most reliable conclusions available. However, the results of rigorous experiment, and the accompanying data, will always be the ultimate arbiter of what is true and real.