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'''Scientific observation''' is used for testing the definite predictions of a [[scientific theory]]. If the observations disprove these predictions, the theory becomes falsified and consequently it should be modified or abandoned. This principle is often violated in [[postmodern science]] where observations are typically being replaced by the [[Logic of possibility]] or speculations running wild. It is also argued that science should always start from [[empirical science|empirical]] observations. Conceived mathematical abstractions or biased a-priori assumptions usually lead to effort to save fabricated theories with yet another ad-hoc arbitrary assumption, neither tested nor resting on [[Natural Law]]s at all, whenever new observations come up which do not agree with predictions. Such approach then tends to develop into pseudo-scientific [[myth]]s or religious faith such as one of [[Stephen Hawking]] who believes he can read "the mind of God"<ref name="Quest">{{cite episode| title = Universe, the cosmology quest

'''Scientific observation''' is used for testing the definite predictions of a [[scientific theory]]. If the observations disprove these predictions, the theory becomes falsified and consequently it should be modified or abandoned. This principle is often violated in [[postmodern science]] where observations are typically being replaced by the [[Logic of possibility]] or speculations running wild. It is also argued that science should always start from [[empirical science|empirical]] observations. Conceived mathematical abstractions or biased a-priori assumptions usually lead to an effort to save fabricated theories with yet another ad-hoc arbitrary assumption, neither tested nor resting on [[Natural Law]]s at all, whenever new observations come up which do not agree with predictions. Such approach then tends to develop into pseudo-scientific [[myth]]s or religious faith such as one of [[Stephen Hawking]] who believes he can read "the mind of God"<ref name="Quest">{{cite episode| title = Universe, the cosmology quest

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| transcripturl= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reading the Mind of God|author=Roger Caldwell|date=1995|publisher=Philosophy Now:Magazine of Ideas |url=http://philosophynow.org/issues/13/Reading_the_Mind_of_God|acceedate=June 13, 2013|quote=Stephen Hawking claims that with its arrival we could come to know “the mind of God”}}</ref> instead of following the [[Socratic principle]] and if applicable, acknowledge ignorance.{{#tag:ref|cf. ''“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."'' [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2055:8-9&version=NIV Bible, Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)]|group=note}}  

| transcripturl= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reading the Mind of God|author=Roger Caldwell|date=1995|publisher=Philosophy Now:Magazine of Ideas |url=http://philosophynow.org/issues/13/Reading_the_Mind_of_God|acceedate=June 13, 2013|quote=Stephen Hawking claims that with its arrival we could come to know “the mind of God”}}</ref> instead of following the [[Socratic principle]] and if applicable, acknowledge ignorance.{{#tag:ref|cf. ''“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."'' [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2055:8-9&version=NIV Bible, Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)]|group=note}} The cautious observer naturally examines other alternative [[Explanation in science|explanations]] before accepting the proposition even as a working [[hypothesis]]<ref name="Observational Approach">{{cite web

==Quotes on Scientific Observation==

==Quotes on Scientific Observation==