First let us say this episode will leave many unsatisfied -- we can empathize with the desire for definitive answers, but in the real world of leadership and management you have to get comfortable with incomplete information and ambiguity. We discuss:

• What is science? How does it work? Misconceptions?

• When it works, what kind of knowledge does it provide?

• What is the nature of scientific explanation? How does the social organization of science contribute, if at all, to its success?