Thursday, April 14, 2016

A SCIENTIFIC METHOD

A SCIENTIFIC METHOD is a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION, MEASUREMENT, AND EXPERIMENT, AND THE FORMULATION, TESTING, AND MODIFICATION OF HYPOTHESES.

ANYBODY CAN USE A SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO DISCOVER KNOWLEDGE OR VERIFY INFORMATION OR JUSTIFY BELIEFS.


Science is not some mystical phenomenon that is the domain of the gifted.

SCIENCE MERELY REFERS TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED BY USAGE OF A SCIENTIFIC METHOD.


Thus, SCIENTISTS are people who use or have been trained to use a scientific method to discover, verify, or JUSTIFY information or beliefs.

ANY dissemination of information that has not originated by usage of a scientific method has been acquired by using a method antiquated prior to the 17th century.

AND, any so-called knowledge that originated prior to the 17th century and has not been verified using a scientific method is unreliable.