In Defense of Scientists

Mar 22, 2010

The Guardian's Philip Strange is taking exception to colleague Nicholas Maxwell's opinion that scientists are "deceiving us and themselves about the nature of science." Maxwell's main criticism is against the use of evidence to support scientific knowledge.

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