You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.
Interpretation
Scientific progress involves a cycle of observation, theory, experimentation, and validation.
This quote by Kary Mullis emphasizes the fundamental process of scientific inquiry where observations lead to hypotheses, and through experimentation, these theories are tested. If a theory withstands scrutiny and proves to be valid, it contributes to our understanding of the world.
In practice
This quote can be used in a science class to encourage students to engage in the scientific method.
Science now finds itself in paradoxical strife with society: admired but mistrusted; offering hope for the future but creating ambiguous choice; richly supported yet unable to fulfill all its promise; boasting remarkable advances but criticized for not serving more directly the goals of society.
I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
Now I know what the atom looks like.
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The majority of modern medicines originate in nature. Although some mushrooms have been used in therapies for thousands of years, we are still discovering new potential medicines hidden within them.
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