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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Thomas Huxley: "The Scientific Method Is Nothing But The Normal Wokring Of The Human Mind"

Galileo's 450th Birthday Remembrance: Imprisoned For Sound Scientific Finding


"The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in correcting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry-is not even a "subject"-but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman


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