Science is not a technique or a body of knowledge, though it uses both. It is rather an attitude of inquiry, or observation and reasoning, with respect to the world. It can be developed, not by memorizing facts or juggling formulas to get an answer, but only by actual practice of scientific observation and reasoning.

A Scientist Speaks: Excerpts from Addresses by Karl Taylor Compton, During the Years 1930-1949 (p. 44), Undergraduate Association, MIT. 1955