ABSTRACT
The desire to develop a model for the validation of scientific discoveries and methodology has been a constant struggle since the very early period of modern scientific thinking, in 17th-century England. Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor and one of the fathers of modern scientific thinking, composed a work called the
New Atlantis,
wherein he created a mythical institution called Saloman’s House or the College of the Six Days Work. There, inhabitants were devoted to a serious and widespread search for the identification of scientific discoveries and to developing rigorous standards for testing their credibility. A complex system of experts was described by Bacon whose duties were focused on strict examination of practical results to serve as the basis for more generally applicable scientific principles.
