The scientific revolution popularized the idea that?

Answer: Understanding is the result of observation and experimentation.

Explanation:

The Scientific Revolution was the development of modern science in the early modern period, through advancements in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry that changed the ideas about nature. It took place in Europe by the end of the Renaissance time and lasted until the late 18th century when it led to the Enlightenment. It emphasizes the importance of questioning accepted beliefs, applying careful observation and experimentation through a specific method.

By tradition, the "Scientific Revolution" refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social & institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe between roughly 1550-1700; beginning with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), who asserted a heliocentric (sun-centered) cosmos