Which is why we invented science - create theories and use the predictions to generate new experiments that verify the theory, or not. There are two steps there; first the core of science - which doesn't just apply in the lab, but also in scenarios like office politics, it isn't just the clues you have but making situations that give you information that verifies your hypothesis. Second the getting of the idea that we should think this way, rather than just processing the environment as it comes.