Technology Causes Problems As Well As Solves

Science Is Often Misrepresented As "the Body Of Knowledge Acquired By Performing Replicated Controlled Experiments In The Laboratory." Actually, Science Is Something Broader: The Acquisition Of Reliable Knowledge About The World.

We Can't Manipulate Some Stars While Maintaining Other Stars As Controls; We Can't Start And Stop Ice Ages, And We Can't Experiment With Designing And Evolving Dinosaurs.

Eurasia's Main Axis Is East/west, Whereas The Main Axis Of The Americas Is North/south. Eurasia's East/west Axis Meant That Species Domesticated In One Part Of Eurasia Could Easily Spread Thousands Of Miles At The Same Latitude, Encountering The Same Day-length And Climate To Which They Were Already Adapted.

Human Societies Vary In Lots Of Independent Factors Affecting Their Openness To Innovation.

The Survival Rate Of Dr Burton's Patients Approximately Doubled The Maximum Survival Rate Of Conventionally Treated Patients. Had These Findings Pertained To A Chemotherapy Drug Instead Of Iat, Massive Amounts Of Funding Would Have Been Allocated To Investigate The Drug. Once Again, The Politics Of Cancer Barred A Potentially Valuable Treatment From Reaching The Public.