How long did it take before people began testing the ideas with practical scienctific enquiry?

It took several centuries before people began testing ideas with practical scientific inquiry. The ancient Greeks made significant contributions to philosophy and mathematics, but they did not develop a systematic method for testing ideas through experimentation. It was not until the 16th and 17th centuries that scientists like Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton began to use mathematical reasoning and empirical evidence to test their ideas. These scientists laid the foundation for the modern scientific method, which involves formulating hypotheses, conducting experiments, and analyzing data to draw conclusions.