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We see linguistics as a scientific enterprise, but one that demands constant reflection on what scientific inquiry itself entails. Scientific thinking, as we understand it, is not the mechanical application of methods or formalisms, but a disciplined practice of asking good questions, constructing testable hypotheses, and subjecting them to evidence and counter-evidence. In our teaching and writing, we have emphasized that theory choice must be guided by explanatory adequacy, not by elegance or fashion. This perspective extends beyond linguistics, aiming to cultivate habits of reasoning that are central to all empirical sciences.