Editing Fact (section)

===The scientific method===

Apart from the fundamental inquiry into the nature of scientific fact, there remain the practical and social considerations of how fact is investigated, established, and substantiated through the proper application of the scientific method.<ref name="Ravetz000"/>{{rp|181 ff}} Scientific facts are generally believed independent of the observer: no matter who performs a scientific experiment, all observers agree on the outcome.<ref name="The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine">Cassell, Eric J. [https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kjFYrliTMC&dq=%22scientific+fact&pg=PA181 The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine] ''[[Oxford University Press]]''. Retrieved 16 May 2007.</ref>
In addition to these considerations, there are the social and institutional measures, such as peer review and accreditation, that are intended to promote ''factual accuracy'' among other interests in scientific study.<ref name="Ravetz000"/>