Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in th — Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in th — Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in th — Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in th — Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in th — Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in the laboratory.’ Actually, science is something broader: the acquisition of reliable knowledge about the world.

— Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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