Characteristics of science || Comparative Social System
Characteristics of science:
1. Science is logical, reasonable, and rational.
2. Science makes well-defined claims based upon the best available
evidence.
3. A scientific hypothesis must be falsifiable.
4. Scientific experiments should be repeatable under similar
circumstances.
5. Science requires that claims be examined by qualified peers.
6. Science views unexplained gaps in theories or evidence
with suspicion.
7. Science requires caution both in performing experiments and in examining
and evaluating evidence.
8. Science requires efforts at objectivity, both in control of variables and of
biases.
9. Science does not accept coincidence or unlinked or unproven correlations as
proof.
10. Science does not accept undocumented anecdotal evidence as good proof by
itself.
11. Science demands extraordinarily good evidence for extraordinary
unconventional claims.
12. Scientific favors parsimony: that the simplest adequate explanation is preferred.
13. Science
assumes that the Laws of Nature are universal if relative.
14. Science demands the honest use of the scientific method and truthful
reports.
15. Science demands every effort be made to control or assess all
variables.
16. Science needs the uninhibited exchange of ideas and the greatest possible discourse of the material.
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