CV and mad panic behaviour

[PaulP]

One could argue that at a broad level, the principles that underlie the scientific method has a base level universality, consistency and commonality, but there exists within those principles flexibility as to the degree, the ordering of steps etc. that varies based on a few different parameters.

Notwithstanding that, it is important to note that science is a part of culture, and the way it is practiced is affected by the culture in which it is practiced.