Paul A.M. DiracThe successful development of science requires a proper balance to be maintained between the method of building up from observations and the method of deducing by pure reasoning from speculative assumptions.
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We see the world in a way that matches our understanding of it. But, we can’t always be right. We have to rely on the scientific method to learn what is true and what isn’t. The method involves making observations and then finding patterns in those observations.
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