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Benjamin Sand Professor Schuhart ENG 112- College Composition II 4 February 2024
In "The Method of Scientific Investigation,” Huxley, Thomas H.H argues that the scientific method is an advanced form of everyday thinking. It uses the example of picking an apple to show how common reasoning involves similar processes of observation and forming hypotheses.
The essay argues that the perception that scientific hypotheses are untrustworthy, emphasizing that testing and verification make them reliable. The essay concludes by highlighting the importance of detailed scrutiny in scientific inquiries, making connections between the reasoning
of scientists like Newton and that of people dealing with everyday situations.
In "The Method of Scientific Investigation," Huxley emphasizes the connection between everyday thinking and the scientific method, stating that, "Science isn't so different from common thinking." Using the example of picking an apple, he shows how both regular thinking and scientific thinking involve steps like observation and making hypotheses. The essay argues against the idea that scientific ideas are always untrustworthy, asserting, "Testing and verification make them reliable." Huxley ends it by saying that careful examination is vital in science, connecting the reasoning of scientists like Newton to how regular people think in everyday situations. Huxley is saying that science isn't as different from common thinking as many think.
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