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Francis Bacon
Hi, just concerning this, maybe you can introduce some new wording to point out that Bacon is obviously seen as a path breaker for the philosophical under-pinnings of modern science. I think something like this should be said as it is obviously a notable and verifiable point about him.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 18:33, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Well I did some work on the novum organum page, and wrote a section just on this comparison. I might include that section on this page. The reason I took that short sentence out is because, while Bacon is definitely an important historical figure in the development of the scientific method, comparing his "method" (of which we really only know as much as he included in novum organum, itself an unfinished work) to the modern scientific method is an elliptical oversimplification that does not really help the reader understand Baconian thought at all. Maybe you can look at the novum organum page and see what you think about that section I mentioned to see if its worth putting on this page.