Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the UnknownMacmillan, 1 апр. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 336 Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek's lessons about chance and time |
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... question for even such a mundane pattern as this ranged from 16 to 30. Compared to the complexities of the real world , this is about as straightforward as it gets , and still the correct answer is not immediately forthcoming . Ever ...
... question to be redrawn , substituting a " space plane " for the shuttle . Most recent , and chilling , came when I was writing and drawing " Wonder Woman , " and did a story in which the title character was killed , as a prelude to her ...
... question how we know anything . There are many answers to this solipsistic challenge - consistency , coherence , and corre- spondence being just three devised by philosophers and epistemologists— but for my money there is no more ...
... questions , usually in the negative , often come long after juries have granted plaintiffs large awards , or after corpo- rations grow weary and financially drained fighting such suits and opt to settle out of court . A similar problem ...
... actually causes disease , it only matters if you can convince a jury that it does . Science , by contrast , attempts to answer questions about the way the world really works . Although scientists may be competitive xxiv // Introduction.
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