Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Philosophy Wire: Babies, assumptions, assumptions, assumptions…

_66060264_baby_s_ear-spl-2Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-02-26]: Scientists believe that babies can discriminate between syllables while still in the womb, by studying babies outside the womb! [source: BBC News] The story of Science: assumptions, assumptions, assumptions… A necessary evil if we wish to examine the cosmos with the great tool called "science"... And it is to the credit of these scientists the fact that they announced openly their assumptions. Good science can only be made on the basis of honesty.

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