observing, thinking, experimenting, and validating
patterns
patterns
patterns
patterns
basic rules are everywhere the same
The process depends both on making careful observations of phenomena and on inventing theories for making sense out of those observations.
Although scientists reject the notion of attaining absolute truth and accept some uncertainty as part of nature, most scientific knowledge is durable.
Hence, scientists concentrate on getting accurate data
. The strongly held traditions of accurate recordkeeping, openness, and replication, buttressed by the critical review of one's work by peers, serve to keep the vast majority of scientists well within the bounds of ethical professional behavior.