True or false: the scientific method is the key to all discoveries and advances in science?

Question

True or false: the scientific method is the key to all discoveries and advances in science?

Answer 1

TRUE = )

Answer 2

that's the reason why they call it the scientific method, but in truth, it doesn't rely on that. Imagine ancient Romans or Greeks conducting experiments in a lab for their aqueducts...

Answer 3

It seems like that would be a true statement but, somehow it just doesn't ring true with me.

All discoveries and advances are not always based upon the scientific method.  Some discoveries and advances just happen by chance, serendipitously.  There are times when something completely new and unexpected just "falls" out of experiments on an entirely different project.

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Answer 4

No, serendipity.

Answer 5

its true that scientific method will advance in science to discover or invent but we have to consider the experiences of our ancient people and what they did and fealt

Answer 6

Yes it is and don't tell me its religion or anything else!

Answer 7

In practice the scientific method of science only allows you to reconstruct your action(my prof always said errors)..anyway many of the greatest discoveries in modern history were by total mistake or chance ..The true scientific method is one that teaches YOU to observe the operation and be open enough to know what to do with the results...since your question requires a choice T or F..F is my answer...From the E