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... questions about history and evolution which can be very definitely stated , but which will probably always remain unanswerable . It is the ability to formulate clear - cut questions which invite yes - and- no answers , where a technique ...
... questions about history and evolution which can be very definitely stated , but which will probably always remain unanswerable . It is the ability to formulate clear - cut questions which invite yes - and- no answers , where a technique ...
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... questions is not only the source of its strength , but also to some extent a limitation . Science does not not yet , and in some senses , tell us all about everything . It is a systematization of the answers to those questions which ...
... questions is not only the source of its strength , but also to some extent a limitation . Science does not not yet , and in some senses , tell us all about everything . It is a systematization of the answers to those questions which ...
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... questions . Probably it is a mistake to analyse the brain into individual cells ; the entities one ought to be asking questions about may be something else - possibly circuits of electric currents , which may retain some important ...
... questions . Probably it is a mistake to analyse the brain into individual cells ; the entities one ought to be asking questions about may be something else - possibly circuits of electric currents , which may retain some important ...
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