EAN: 9781441961259

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY EVOLUT...

The function of scientific research is promoting the understanding of the world around us. In
theory  anyway  the more we learn  the more potential we have of making our lives better. Thus
we have seen research in electronics provide us with computers  research in chemistry provide
us with all manner of synthetics  and research in agriculture provide us with more food.
Periodically  scientific research uncovers something that makes some of us uncomfortable. The
discovery of the link between smoking and lung cancer and heart disease was not received well
by the tobacco industry  and the link between global climate change and fossil fuel use has not
been well received by the petroleum industry  to cite just two examples. Usually the response
of those whose world has been disrupted by science is denial  often followed by attack on or
ridicule of the science that has challenged them. In the long term  however  science usually
turns out to be correct.

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