The key idea behind the scientific method is

A) the use of intuition in testing theories.
B) unbridled speculation about the world.
C) an appeal to supernatural explanations when natural explanations have not yet been found for a phenomenon.
D) the testing of ideas through controlled observations and experiments.


D

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