text: First, let's define the Scientific way of learning,\n\nThe scientific method has four steps:\n\n1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena. \n\n2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena.\n\n3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations. \n\n4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.\n\nIf the experiments bear out the hypothesis it may come to be regarded as a theory or law of nature.\n\nIf the experiments do not bear out the hypothesis, it must be rejected or modified.\n\nWhat is key in the description of the scientific method just given is the predictive power (the ability to get more out of the theory than you put in) of the hypothesis or theory, as tested by experiment.\n\nUsefulness:\n\n1. A systematic approach to problem solving\n\n2. The approach and presentation can be reviewed and verified by peers.\n\n3. Once established, you can get more than what you put in.\n\n4. If you are wrong, it can be shown. So you do not need to waste your time and the time of others.\n\n5. Guides you in fine tuning your hypothesis.\n\n6. Results established can help others and you can also use the established results of others so that there is less wastage in "reinventing the wheel".\n\n7. The systematic approach itself may be easily translated into a presentation to be shared with others.\n\n8. Published results help to provide the correct recognition to the ones who worked on the problems and preserves intellectual property.