Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

"Why is x the case?" is often a lot less useful than several iterated rounds of "why is [very plausible not-x] *not* the case?"

In other words, this is the scientific method. Instead of going out to confirm something, its better to try and disprove it. If it withstands the test of time, its most likely the correct explanation.

It's not THE scientific method. One could also have several models and see which one is best supported by the data.

Well, true. But once you find one that fits the data, we need to try and find new data that contradict it because we very rarely have all data points available. Newton’s Theory of Gravity comes to mind. It fit all the data for a long time, until it didn’t.