How to Determine If A Controversial Statement Is Scientifically True. A small typo: "...Dr. Plait warned that [t]here are a few things to watch out for... ". Great article overall, though I wonder if it advocates leaning on authority figures a bit too much. I think it's fairly obvious that the evidence itself is more important than whoever presents it, but I wish this were stated more explicitly. It can be next to impossible for laypeople to determine the difference between "legitimate" experts and their counterparts (and in some fields "legitimacy" may be ill-defined to the point of meaninglessness, and even experts aren't *always* right).
The ability to judge data on its own merits (using questions like "was the study double blind? ", "how were subjects sampled? ", "are the results statistically significant? " Flagged Thanks for the correction - and excellent points, thank you! Marcel Roland. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le Presqu'homme, roman de Marcel Roland publié en 1908 Marcel Roland (1879-1955) est un écrivain français, célèbre par ses ouvrages de vulgarisation scientifique publiés au Mercure de France.
Il fut en outre romancier et conteur pour les journaux. Il est connu des amateurs d'anticipation ancienne pour ses ouvrages : Le Presqu'homme (1908)Le Déluge futur (1910)La Conquête d'Anthar (1913, prix Excelsior)Le Faiseur d'or (1913-1914)Quand le phare s'alluma (1921-1922)Osmant le rajeunisseur (1925). Il a également publié des nouvelles : « Sous la lumière inconnue », dans le journal Le Miroir (n° 52, 23 mars 1913), « Le Serpent fantôme » et « L'Échelon » (Journal Le Rocambole n° 6), ainsi que plusieurs contes, de 1911 à 1915. Parmi ses œuvres naturalistes, il faut citer : 1) Vie et Mort des Insectes, 19362) La Grande Leçon des petites bêtes, 1938.3) La féerie du microscope.4) Mimétisme et instinct de défense, 1941.5) Amour, harmonie, beauté.
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