Barry Donovan wrote (in part):

>`Science' is difficult to define in such a way that finds universal
>acceptance, but my Oxford dictionary says that a definition of science
>is that it is `an organized body of knowledge that has been accumulated
>on a subject'.

    The first part of his sentence rings true, since scholars have
debated about the nature of scientific process for centuries.

    The last portion of Barry's sentence is somewhat antiquated.  That
is because the results of both good and bad scientific endeavor
become accumulated.  Then comes the sorting process, testing, and
(oftentimes, rejection) of hypotheses.

    Thanks to Barry Birkey, one can find my conception of scientific
process in a 6-page document written for college students at:

http:www.beesource.com/biossep1993

    That concept meshes well with the attitude of many people in
diverse fields of science.

                                                Adrian
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*       "The current emphasis [in science] on ...
*    discouragement of dissent and innovation, ultimately
*    stifles -- if not entirely paralyzes -- progress
*    in science."
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*                           Naomi Kraus (1994)
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