Yeah. In areas where we know so little that it's hard to make informed hypotheses, there's probably a substantial component of discovery science.
It's a bit of a yin-yang situation IMO: discovery science often leads to testable hypotheses for future work, and things we learn from hypothesis-testing can open up new avenues for discovery
It's a bit of a yin-yang situation IMO: discovery science often leads to testable hypotheses for future work, and things we learn from hypothesis-testing can open up new avenues for discovery