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In this essay the author argues that many scientists (and laymen 

also) have come to take a narrow view of what constitutes science.  They 

would exclude as "unscientific" observations that do not include a falsifiable 

theory with predictions testable and repeatable in laboratory experiments.  In 

contrast, the author contends that science is more an attitude than a method. 

The attitude is one of testing interpretations of observed phenomena against 

further observations until one interpretation emerges as the best.  Unfortu- 

nately, judgments about the best interpretation vary greatly, and scientists 

with new ideas and new observations must often overcome biases in their 

colleagues before their work becomes accepted as scientific. 

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