Science. The art of logic.

Science. It is the logical, methodical understanding of the world. To identify "things". Learn of causes and effects. Why and how things happen. To observe.

Logical. That is science.

But logic. What is logic? The answer: It is a system. A vast interconnected chain of interdependent courses of thought and reasoning.A system that in its essence, is greatly dependent on belief.

What goes up must come down. We've all heard this phrase before. And I'm sure most of you out there are aware of the story of how Isaac Newton discovered gravity.

An apple falls on his head and Newton wondered why this is so. He figured there has to be an invisible force of sorts that attracted the apple to the ground. He named it Gravity.

The logic implied by this story, is that gravity has to exist. The reasoning behind it is the fact that we are all obviously caught within this very web of invisible force.

How do we know? Because we can never set our feet off the ground and remain afloat. There is always this invisible tug that pulls us to the ground.

The logic within this story plays out quite nicely, don't you think? It is believable. It conforms to reality. Science conforms to reality. Logic conforms to reality. Reason. The faculty that gives birth to thought. It is a gift. A power of mind that appears to be humanity's greatest tool.

Reason includes not only our capacity for logical inference, but also our ability to conduct inquiry, to solve problems, to evaluate, to criticize, to deliberate about how we should act, and to reach an understanding of ourselves, other people, and the world - Lakoff and Johnson

Our power of reasoning draws itself out of logic. It is derived from belief of what is real, and what isn't. I repeat. It draws itself out of logic. Nonsensical as it may seem, such is the case. So where does this logic and power of reasoning that scientists utilise develop its foundations? Where does the circle begin?

Beginning. The beginning of logic and reason. Where is it? Science explains this through one word. Observation. Is this true?