- be curious
- be honest
- identify conflicts of interest
- eliminate conflicts of interest
- observe
- remember
- reflect
- identify patterns
- look for outliers
- imagine outliers
- look for all causes
- imagine all causes
- imagine all explanations
- accept burden of proof
- triage explanations
- prefer faslifiability
- identify best falsifiable explanation
- test best falsifiable explanation
- report results
- report data
- report methodology
- invite others to falsify
- invite all questions
- invite all challenges
- acknowledge errors
- look for unknown variables
I asked for this process on multiple forums and was able to gather maybe three of these, so I am taking the initiative. I even had to deduce the information in the diagram on my own. It seems like this should be known by every child who has an interest in science. The problem is systemic, and it is by design.
This is a new effort and is thus a work in progress (moreso than most). As always, let me know if you want to collaborate.