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4916758214ScienceA way of knowing about the world.0
4916813811Counter-intuitiveGoes against common sense.1
4916758215InductionMoving from specific examples to general principles.2
4916758216Karl PopperGuy who said you learn more in science from being wrong about an idea. You can KNOW your wrong.3
4916761517FalsifiabilityAbility to show that theory is false4
4916758217FactObservation everyone agrees on.5
4916758218HypothesisAn educated and testable suggestion.6
4916758219TheoryWell-test explanation that explains many things and has been accepted as true for a long time.7
4916758220Science is limited tonatural explanations8
4916758221Science uses the fivesenses9
4916758222EmpiricalKnowledge that comes from the 5 senses10
4916758223Scientific conclusions arealways subject to change.11
4916758224A limitation of science is that it isnot able to answer moral or value questions (like opinion, beauty, art, love, purpose, etc.).12
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