Question: what are the defining characteristics of science?
Answer: Objectivity: Scientific knowledge is objective. ...  Verifiability: Science rests upon sense data, i.e., data gathered through our senses—eye, ear, nose, tongue and touch. ...  Ethical Neutrality: Science is ethically neutral. ...  Systematic Exploration: ...  Reliability: ...  Precision: ...  Accuracy: ...  Abstractness: