Please explain why scientific knowledge must be transmissible.
What will be an ideal response?
The methods used in making scientific discoveries must be made explicit so that others can analyze and replicate findings. The transmissibility of scientific knowledge suggests “science is a social activity in that it takes several scientists, analyzing and criticizing each other, to produce more reliable knowledge.” To accept results, people must know what data were collected and how they were analyzed. A clear description of research procedures allows this independent evaluation. It also permits other scientists to collect the same information and test the original propositions themselves. If the original results are not replicated using the same procedures, they may be incorrect.
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a. accuracy in printed reporting. b. advertising in print media. c. experts willing to publish their findings in print media. d. politicians willing to be interviewed for traditional news sources. e. reporters interested in working in print media.
Gibbons v. Ogden increased the power of the national government by interpreting very broadly the ______.
a. federal police power b. congressional power to declare war c. commerce clause of the Constitution d. necessary and proper clause of the Constitution e. none of the these