There is no scientific method We keep hearing that what makes science science is the "scientific method"
but
There is no scientific method
x rays where discovered serendipity
penicillin was discovered serendipity
the micro wave was discovered serendipity
radioactivity was discovered serendipity
Einsteins cosmological constant ad hoc
Maxwell's displacement constant ad hoc

Go read Feyerabend "Against method" where he shows science is anarchy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Method
Against method

Feyerabend summarises his reductios with the phrase "anything goes". This is his sarcastic imitation of "the terrified reaction of a rationalist who takes a closer look at history

Go read Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions

the Structure of Scientific Revolutions introduced a realistic humanism into the core of science, while for others the nobility of science was tarnished by Kuhn's introduction of an irrational element into the heart of its greatest achievements

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And read

Scientific method
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions

these debates clearly show that there is no universal agreement as to what constitutes the "scientific method".[93]