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Describe five of the most significant errors scholars have made in biology (or physics, history, etc.). Indicate why they are errors, who made them and what persons are mainly responsible for correcting them. You may receive extra credit if you can describe an error that was made by the error corrector...
...other four gods he presents contain a similar mixture of idealism and practicality. "The Spaceship Earth" depicts all humans as stewards of a fragile planet, implicitly teaching tolerance and social responsibility. "The Fallen Angel" encourages critical thinking by stressing that error is inevitable, that blind dogma is dangerous and that much of what students learn in school is incorrect in "the American Experiment," he claims that having a government based on democracy and continuous argument is cause for patriotism. Yet, he cautions, we must remember that though "no shame need endure forever no accomplishment merits excessive pride." Finally, "The Word...
...Usually teams like Brown and Dartmouth are right up there, and when they fall it hurts the whole conference," May said. "But Tim [Wheaton] constructed a schedule which left him no room for error...
...along come two HBS women telling us that coming out has no negative repercussions and may even improve one's success in the business world. This is simply ridiculous. One problem that immediately arises relates to sampling error. Respondents to the survey--all of them HBS graduates--were asked to compare their performance in the business world to straight co-workers, most of whom were probably not graduates of one of America's most prestigious business schools...
...LIKE IQ, SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED on as a legitimate indicator of success. For one thing, defining EQ is difficult and subject to error. So imagine how susceptible to bias measuring it is. Something so open to misuse should not be given much credibility. JANET LEE Tarzana, California