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The Scientific Method

1629
Modern science started in the 1600s.

30 Phil, Chapter 20, Francis Bacon, Touchstone 51: The Scientific Method.

Science is the ongoing study of nature through observation. It’s that simple. If you see something new in nature, that’s science. Many definitions of science tend to intertwine the “how,” but the “how” is perpetually evolving, just like science itself remains a continual journey, never settling into dogma. Currently, we call the advanced systematic “how” of science the scientific method. It is an iterative process that uses controlled observation, induction and deduction, controlled testing with falsifiability, modeling, and peer review to understand objective reality.

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The scientific method is observation, guided by reason, aimed at building models of nature. It begins with speculation and clearing bias, hypothesis, and theory, and always treats conclusions as our best current truths, open to revision.

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