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Essay:Scientific progress (view source)
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Dr. [[Walter M. Robinson]], associate director of the division of [[medical ethics]] at [[Harvard Medical School]], said, "A little knowledge of the [[history of science]] tells us that advances are generally not planned and can't be predicted, but come from accidents and [[serendipitous moments]]." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E3DD1739F93BA25752C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print (New York Times)]
Dr. [[Walter M. Robinson]], associate director of the division of [[medical ethics]] at [[Harvard Medical School]], said, "A little knowledge of the [[history of science]] tells us that advances are generally not planned and can't be predicted, but come from accidents and [[serendipitous moments]]." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E3DD1739F93BA25752C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print (New York Times)]
However, once the advance is made, the plodding scientific method is very useful for separating the scientific sheep from the fantasy goats.
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