Many people ask the question, about what science is, how it works and maybe who invented it. Science is just a set of rule used to collect and discover what is naturally true.
At the core of science of course there is the scientific method, which relies on observation, evidence and peer review to formulate theories that explain natural events. This means you have to observe a phenomena, that occurs in nature, collect evidences and past knowledge about that phenomena, run controlled experiments and tests, observe the outcome, and formulate an hypothesis (Which most of the time is a prediction of what should happen to the phenomena under certain controlled circumstances)
Run some more tests, collect results and publish them in a scientific paper.
Only after the paper has been scrutinized by other scientists in search of mistakes and the proposed experiments repeated, to see if the same results are obtained under the same circumstances, can the hypothesis become a scientific theory.
A theory is, the most rational explanation of a natural phenomena obtained with currently available data. Note that new information can modify a theory or simply invalidate it, over time.
The scientific method should be applied by every individual human being on this planet, because it is the only way for those of whom the truth matters, regarding most of the problems that one encounters during their life.
The reason being that it is the only way known to mankind of how to deal with problems that contains a lot of unknown data. And at every stage of our lives we encounter such problems, where we don't have all the information, but still need to move on with a solution, in that case only the scientific method is the greatest invention to achieve this goal.
This has been useful to me especially for knowing how the death of my mother affected me, at an early age, which allowed me to understand deeply how it influenced my whole life even as an adult. I got to interesting conclusions, that I could cross-checked with peers that have been in the same situation as I have.
It is just one of the many possible applications of the scientific method to personal life which can not only be useful but really life saving and empowering.
IF YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR TRUST IN ANYTHING YOU CAN PUT IT IN SCIENCE FOR IT IS PROVEN TO WORK. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE READING THESE LINES IS A PROOF OF WHAT MAN CAN ACHIEVE WHEN THEY FOLLOW THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
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