To have the scientific attitude is to be skeptical about certain ideas, and then test these ideas in order to remove fiction from fact. Based on our theories about these ideas, we can organize our observations and create a hypothesis that we can test to confirm our theory. This is called the scientific method. In class we discussed how the scientific method could help us understand the roots of certain crimes. The specific example we studied was a murder that occurred over the summer in Cheshire, Connecticut. First we developed the theory that the inspiration for the two men to murder the family spawned from past experience. Then, in order to expand upon this theory, we read a biographical article and developed a series of hypotheses as to what past experiences influenced the murder. The article revealed many clues that we used to form these hypotheses. It explained that the two criminals, Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes, had roomed together at a halfway house. This reveals......

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Title: Reflection
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