Question→Research→Hypothesize→Test→Analyze→Conclude→…repeat…
The scientific method is how good science is conducted. It’s how we’ve come so darn far as a species. Since the invention of the scientific method (probably around 1000 A.D., depending on who you want to attribute it to) we’ve come quite far on the back of this general method.
Source: Wikipedia
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