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" is not a word that most people associate with science. One reason is that the image of the scient
Science and Truth "FINAGLE" is not a word that most people associate with science. One reason is that the image of the scient
admin
2009-06-15
26
问题
Science and Truth
"FINAGLE" is not a word that most people associate with science. One reason is that the image of the scientist is of one who always collects data in an impartial(51)for truth. In any debate - over intelligence, schooling, energy-the(51)"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,(54)has examined the important 19th century work of Dr. Samuel George Morton. Morton was famous in his time(55)analysing the brain size of the skulls as a measure of intelligence. He concluded that whites had the(56)brains, that the brains of Indians and Blacks were smaller, and therefore, 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, using incorrect procedures, making simple arithmetical(58)(always in his favour) and changing his criteria-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 believed to have(61)the finagle factor. Gould says that Isaac Newton fudged out to support at least three central statements that he could not prove. And so(62)Claudius Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer, whose master work, Almagest, summed up the case for a solar system that had the earth as its centre. Recent studies indicate that Ptolemy(63)faked some key data or resorted heavily to the finagle factor.
All this is(64)because the finagle factor is still at work. For example, in the artificial sweetener controversy, for example, it is said that all the studies sponsored by the sugar industry find that the artificial sweetener is unsafe, while all the studies sponsored by the diet food industry find nothing(65)with it.
选项
A、search
B、learning
C、teaching
D、dialogue
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/CSJsFFFM
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
15MillionAmericansSufferfromSocialAnxietyDisorderSocialanxietydisorderpreventssome15millionAmericansfromle
MiddleAge:ALowPointforMostPeoplearoundtheglobehittheheightoftheirmiseryanddepressioninmiddle【51】______,
SleeplessnessInsomniaorsleeplessnessisacommoncomplaintofwomenastheyenterintomenopause.Insomniameanshavingt
Dogsaresocialanimalsandwithoutpropertraining,theywillbehavelikewildanimals.Theywillspoilyourhouse,destroyyou
FalseFearofBigFishManypeoplebelievesharks(鲨鱼)aredangerousandwillalwaystrytohurtorevenkillhumans.46
RelievingthePain"Exercisemaybethebesttreatmentofchronicpain,"sayfromdoctorsatanewclinicfordealingwithp
TheFirstFourMinutesWhendopeopledecidewhetherornottheywanttobecomefriends?Duringtheirfirstfourminutestog
JapaneseCarKeepsWatchforDrunkDriversAconceptcardevelopedbyJapanesecompanyNissanhasabreathalyzer-likedetect
UnderstandingAutism1Autism(孤独症)isalife-longdevelopmentaldisabilitythatpreventsindividualsfromproperlyunderstanding
EngineeringethicsisacompulsorysubjectineveryinstituteofscienceandtechnologyintheUnitedStates.Itislikelythat
随机试题
关于牙髓牙本质复合体,叙述正确的是
建筑上用的釉面砖,是用以下哪种原料烧制而成的?
采用石灰石、生石灰或消石灰的乳浊液为吸收剂吸收烟气中的SO2的方法称为()。
某施工企业购入一台设备,价款10万元,该设备使用年限为10年,净残值率为5%。根据企业会计准则及相关规定,该设备的年折旧率为()。
申请期货公司独立董事任职资格的,应当提供拟任人关于()的声明。
BankMortgageRatesWillFallSeveralofCanada’slargestbanks【K1】______todecreasetheirmortgagerates.RoyalBankrevea
【2015年河南驻马店.单选】艾宾浩斯研究遗忘的方法是()。
[*]
Readthefollowingtextanddecidewhichanswerbestfitseachspace.Forquestions26~45,markoneletterA,B,CorDony
Therelationshipbetween"meat"and"meet"is______.
最新回复
(
0
)