Peter Murray quoted Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson
The scientific method, which underpins these achievements, is often conveyed with formal terms that reference induction, deduction, hypothesis, and experiment. But it can be summarized in one sentence, which is all about objectivity: Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into believing that something is true when it is false, or that something is false when it is true.
— Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson (1%)
To paraphrase, the scientific method is striving to know what is true and what is false.
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