# Science push and science pull People frequently talk about [[Technology push and technology pull]], but rarely about the same concept in science. In science/discovery, pull and push take the form of trying to discover the mechanism behind a phenomenon (pull) or trying to demonstrate the predictive power of a theory (push). [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Science+push+and+science+pull) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Science+push+and+science+pull)