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From the dawn of human history, people have been engaged in exploring their surrounding; and in more recent history this exploration has extended to the cosmos. It is an innate human nature to be curious, to want to know or learn something new. When something catches the eyes of a young child, he or she examines the thing, studies it, observes it, and touches it so as to learn about the phenomenon. From passive observations and active interactions a child gradually learns about his/her world. In other words, the child is applying some kind of procedure or approach in his/her day-to-day living to discover new knowledge about the world and express the knowledge gained. The methods or approaches used, however, are not systematic or structured.

As adults, when you experience something new, you go beyond your five senses and raise different questions about the phenomenon you encountered. And then you start to explore about it so as to get convincing answers to your questions. You use various ways of learning about the new phenomenon. The way of knowing about the phenomenon may not be the same for all people. And the answers you may get about the questions you raised are not absolute, since there is no absolute truth.