首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Science and Truth "FINAGLE" (欺骗) is not a word that most people associate with science, One reason is that the image of the s
Science and Truth "FINAGLE" (欺骗) is not a word that most people associate with science, One reason is that the image of the s
admin
2009-06-15
82
问题
Science and Truth
"FINAGLE" (欺骗) is not a word that most people associate with science, One reason is that the image of the scientist is of one who always(51)data in an impartial (不偏不倚的) search for truth. In any debate—(52)intelligence, schooling, energy—the phrase "science says" usually disarms opposition.
But scientists have long acknowledged the existence of a "finagle factor"—a tendency by many scientists to give a helpful change to the data to(53)desired results. The latest of the finagle factor in action comes from Stephen Jay Gould, a Harvard biologist, who has(54)the important 19th century work of Dr, Samuel George Morton, Morton was famous In his time for analysing the brain(55)of the skulls as a measure of intelligence, He concluded that whites had the largest brains, that the brains of Indians and blacks were smaller, and(56), that whites constitute a superior race.
Gould went back to Morton’s original data and concluded that the(57)were an example of the finagle at work. He found that Morton’s "discovery" was made by leaving out embarrassing data,(58)Incorrect procedures, and changing his criteria m again, always, in favour of his argument. Morton has been thoroughly discredited by now and scientists do not believe that brain size reflects(59).
But Gould went on to say Morton’s story is only an example of a common problem in(60)work. Some of the leading figures in science are(61)to have used the finagle factor. Gould says that Isaac Newton fudged out (捏造) to support at least three central statements that he could not prove. And so(62)Laudius Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer, whose master work, Almagest, summed up the case for a solar system that had the earth as its centre. Recent(63)indicate that Ptolemy either faked some key data or resorted heavily to the finagle factor.
All this is important because the finagle factor is still at work. For example, in the artificial sweetener controversy, for example, it is(64)that all the studies sponsored by the sugar industry find that the artificial sweetener is unsafe,(65)all the studies sponsored by the diet food industry find nothing wrong with it.
选项
A、collects
B、invents
C、misuses
D、enables
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/x1Ld777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
LookingtotheFutureWhenamagazineforhigh-schoolstudentsaskeditsreaderswhatlifewouldbelikeintwentyyears,the
Broken:DreamsofRuralPeaceItwasduskinTubneyWoods,deepinruralOxfordshire.Thebirdsweresingingattheendofan
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofchronicdiseasesintheUS?Earlycancerscreeningcanhelpreducesignificantly
QuiteafewNewYorkerstooktheirmayor’srecentadviceandgotaflushot.Someotherillnessesmayexhibitsymptomssimilar
TheDangersofSecondhandSmokeMostpeopleknowthatcigarettesmokingisharmfultotheirhealth.Scientificresearchshows
WhyDoManyFemaleAthletesFallVictimtoKneeInjuries?RebeccaLobo,abasketballstar,grabbedareboundduringthefirst
LeukemiaLeukemiaisthemostcommontypeofcancerkidsget,butitisstillveryrare.Leukemiainvolvesthebloodandblo
MadScientistStereotypeOutdatedDopeoplestillimagineaphysicistasabeardedmaninglassesorhastheimageofthema
MadScientistStereotypeOutdatedDopeoplestillimagineaphysicistasabeardedmaninglassesorhastheimageofthema
TheFutureofthePress?1Interestingthingsarehappeninginthepress.Newspapercirculation(销量)inEuropeisfallingandIrel
随机试题
下列不属于人工主动免疫生物制品的是
普通股票股东拥有()直接体现了其在经济利益上的要求。
法国和德国是两个宿怨深厚的邻居。在二战以前的1100多年中,他们一共打了200多场战争.平均5年就开战一次。历史给这两个持续对抗了几个世纪的国家两败俱伤的惨痛教训,也启迪了它们“相逢一笑泯恩仇”的政治智慧。这种“政治智慧”是()。
()对于长河落日圆相当于山峦对于()
设随机变量X的分布律为P{X=k)=p(1-p)k-1(k=1,2,…),Y在1~k之间等可能取值,求P{Y=3).
InJanuary2002,duringthefirstweeksofasix-monthstayattheChildren’sHospitalofPhiladelphiaforleukemia(白血病)treatm
PresidentCoolidge’sstatement,“ThebusinessofAmericaisbusiness,”stillpointstoanimportanttruthtodaythatbusinessin
Ilikedlettersonwhichtheirhandwritingwasrushedandslightlyillegible,becauseifIhadtroubledecipheringthehandwriti
A、Hewasinhispuberty.B、Hewasinhischildhood.C、Hewasinhismiddleage.D、Hewasinhissixties.B
A、Eightbillionaireshavemoremoneythan3.6billionthepoorestpeople.B、Eightbillionaireshaveasmuchmoneyas3.6billi
最新回复
(
0
)