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Professor of Chemistry Dudley Herschbach sayspost-modernist theory seems to be somewhatself-contradictory. "It seems to be a sort ofnihilistic thing," he says. "[Post-modernisttheory] is like explaining to a farmer that hedoesn't know what...
...Herschbach says science always begins as aninquiry into a subjective question, so objectivityis initially hardly an issue. "When you makebricks, you start with mud," he says...
Only later, when the results of an inquiry aretested (become bricks), does objectivity become akey part of valid science, says Herschbach. Thecarefully tested results of science result in "awhole network that hangs together amazingly well...
...Certainly in my tenure, this is the first time students have registered in the houses," said Herschbach. "And things in general went smoothly. Students seem to like registering in their own houses...
Still, yesterday's registration did not take place without a few minor problems. There were initially some long lines in the Freshman Union and a small delay in Dudley House, Herschbach said...