To adhere to objective principles, scientists must present their positions in the form of models that can be tested. In science, the term “model” refers to the schematic description of a system (or set of phenomena) that accounts for its observed and inferred features. A model is much more than a mere idea, inference, method, hypothesis, or rudimentary theory. It’s a scenario that offers reasonable explanations for the entire origin and history of a particular system in nature, as well as for its relationship to other phenomena.
