Beyond the terms of cooperation in specific experimental activities lies the
question of how to reconcile our own experimental inclinations with the
"science of survival". When we (outside researchers) recognize farmers as
independent innovators and co-researchers we may re-construct them in our
own image. However, we need to recognize that they may be scientific
without being logical positivists. Their process of experimentation may be
more like that of a concert pianist than an industrial chemist [Richards,
1989].