To Dr. Jann, this is the most important concept in this chapter, this course, maybe even this college or this universe. The scientific method is a process which disproves false claims. Science can only state what is, not what should be.
Scientists develop theories which can be disproved.
We will use the scientific method every day in this course. 2. asking questions. 3. forming hypotheses, which are tentative answers to the questions. 4. making predictions based on the hypotheses. In this course we emphasize steps 3 and 4 because they represent the heart of the logic of the scientific method.