Bb5a31f81ClaimExplanations relate variable observations to an underlying structure to predict future eventsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Stockholm University and University of Hong Kong study on Chinese students analyzed outcomes across nine subjects using closed-book exams, entrance exams, and homework dataAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSelf-locating uncertainty can be used to frame credence in different physical theories, like dark matter being WIMPs or axionsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA well-known perspective in the philosophy of probability is that all uncertainties are essentially subjectiveAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA Boltzmann brain observer has no reason to trust its own thoughts or memoriesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe belief in a Boltzmann brain-dominated universe is cognitively unstable because there is no good reason to believe that factAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimNature serves as the ultimate gold standard against which scientific theories are judgedAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimScience is built on its own fallibility and is the only discipline that acknowledges itAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA problem-first approach in science requires flexibility in choosing solutions, whether they involve modeling, data collection, or other methodsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAn intervention with a sound biological mechanism can still prove ineffective for treating a human diseaseAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA biological pathway that is critical in a petri dish may represent only a minor part of a complex human diseaseAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA mechanistically plausible intervention may fail if the compound does not reach the target tissue in sufficient concentrationAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCreating new knowledge requires testing ideas against reality through physical experimentsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimTheoretical thinking alone cannot predict all possible expected and unexpected experimental outcomesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA negative result can also be the unexpected identification of a new, previously unknown structureAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA string of negative results followed by a positive result provides valuable data on process engineeringAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA null result in materials science can be when an intended structure is not producedAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLisa Miller argues that humans possess multiple forms of knowing, including empiricism, logic, intuition, and skepticismAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAccording to Lisa Miller, aligning different ways of knowing, such as the inner mystic and inner logician, enhances creativityAgreeDisagree