Corporate Talent Detection and Development

12 Scientific MO.O.N.: Correlative-pragmatic

“You know my method. It is based on the observation of trivialities”

Sherlock HOLMES

“Science is a human work; therefore, it is not a perfect work”Marie CURIE (mentioned by her little daughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot)

“In science, the simplest hypotheses are the best as long as they can be preserved”

André LANGANEY

12.1. The scientific operating mode: a principle which is inseparable from reality

There is recurrent confusion between science and mathematics, and yet, although the proximity of use is “indisputable”, the operating principle presents a gap in practice that leaves, in our opinion, little doubt as to their functional “autonomy”. The father of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner, says on this subject: “There can be no doubt that science and mathematics are closely linked. There is no particular historical period in which the progress of science – or even its invention – can be separated from the status of mathematics, and almost any significant mathematical invention has ultimately proved useful to the scientific community as a whole” [GAR 97, p. 154]. The assessment of hundreds of entrepreneurs and researchers provided us with evidence, not in terms of differences but in terms of gaps between the two. Let us keep in mind that if we wish to define a “word”, then it is appropriate to define-specify what it refers to from an observable-figurative point of view. This aspect is fundamental, including for the company, ...