Scientific perception of nature relies on a process of transforming data to information, and then information into understanding. Data consist of observations and measurements and information is data organized according to some ontology, . some set of assumptions about what entities exist and how they should be classified. Understanding is a model in the investigator’s mind that describes how the entities relate to each other, a model created in the investigator’s mind as a result of thinking. Thinking is thus a kind of selfprograming of the brain, as a result of which understanding is achieved. When it “runs” in our brains, it allows us to predict the behavior of natural objects, . in their.
