6th May 2010, 01:24 PM
GnomeKing Wrote:Not just 'interpretations', meanings or imaginings, but also eminently Practical and Technical issues...e.g. Dinosaurs post that I referred to (lots of other examples in archives of this forum)..
Evidence is good, but Science not so Simples...(eg Richard Holmes, 2009, "Age of Wonder")
But science is simple...its just a way of thinking.....the scientific method is defined as.....
'Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating
phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting
and integrating previous knowledge. It is based on observable, empirical, measurable evidence, and
subject to rules of reasoning[1].
Although procedures vary from one field of inquiry to another, there are identifiable features that
distinguish scientific inquiry from other methods of developing knowledge. Scientific researchers
propose specific hypotheses as explanations of natural phenomena, and design experimental studies that
test these predictions for accuracy. These steps are repeated in order to make increasingly dependable
predictions of future results. Theories that encompass wider domains of inquiry serve to bind more
specific hypotheses together in a coherent structure. This in turn aids in the formation of new hypotheses,
as well as in placing groups of specific hypotheses into a broader context of understanding.'