On Science and the Scientific Method

The purpose of science is to explain and guide, and the method scientists use, in briefest essence, is observation to raise questions followed by frequent testing and trying of alternatives to find correct answers. In a single word, scientific method is conceptualization, the mental process of generalizing to identify universals and applying previously formed universals to understand particular

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