gned to help clarify the cloudy distortions of our everyday experience as well as a specific language - mathematics - to communicate its findings. The primary stage of the method is to decide upon the object one wishes to study. Then, inferences are made based on experience (or what is already "known") of the object and a guess about the objects "true" nature is issued. A prediction is then made as to how the object will behave given a certain set of conditions. That is to say, a prediction is made about the effects of causation on the object. A test is then conducted to test the truth-value of the guess and prediction. Once measurements from the test have been evaluated conclusions can be made about the relative nature of the object. Thus, to reiterate, the primary purpose of science is to look in order to better understand objects and how they relate with one another. One important aspect of the scientific gaze is that through it an attempt is made to minimize the effects of the observer. As discussed earlier, for science unaided human observation tends to be somewhat distorted. For this reason science has developed tools designed to take measurements altogether eliminating or at least minimizing the need for a human observer. Indeed, many of the devises are designed to "observe" things that are unobservable given the limits of human senses.Again, in contrast to the scientific approach, Buddhism does not seek to eliminate the observer. In fact, it is more interested in understanding the observer than it is on understanding objects. Remember that the mind and body are not considered to be wholly distinct in Buddhism - that, in fact, body is merely and extension of the mind. Where science seeks to eliminate distortions by eliminating the observer, Buddhism seeks to eliminate the distortions within the observer. Our thoughts, emotions, desires, etc., all have the potential to distort the mind. As such they are regarded as...
