Galileo Galilei

Modern science is the practice of skepticism. Skepticism is defined as a ?critical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? (Skeptic?s Dictionary), meaning that modern science is the understanding that current scientific ?knowledge? is never infallible and that methods and truths must constantly evolve. Someone who experiments and constantly questions norms is a modern scientist. Such a person?s thought processes and experimentations must also …

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