The document discusses how asking "what, why, how" questions about natural phenomena can generate ideas and lead to acquiring knowledge through analysis. Obtaining clear information from experimental work using this knowledge produces facts about natural events. These discovered facts can then be reused through research to develop technology. The document presents research as reusing discovered facts to develop technology, with the relationship that facts plus research equals technology.

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WHAT? WHY? HOW?
If we really observe the day-to-day natural phenomena, “what, why,
how“ will appear in our minds. If we ask ourselves what is this? why it’s
happening? how it’s happening, then slowly some ideas will be
generated in our minds. If we start to analyze those ideas, some
knowledge about the natural phenomena could be acquired by us. If we
use this knowledge to do some experimental work about the natural
events, then we could get clear-cut INFORMATION about the events.
This clear-cut INFORMATION is called FACTS behind the NATURAL PHENOMENA.
These DISCOVERED FACTS could be reused to develop
TECHNOLOGY.
! ? + - * / = RESEARCH
RESEARCH is said to be the act of reusing the discovered FACTS for
developing “TECHNOLOGY”.
FACTS + RESEARCH = TECHNOLOGY
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-C. Annamalai