HOMEWORK CH. 1: BAD SCIENCE These questions are not necessarily yes or no questions. You will need to provide justification for your answers. 1. What is meant by “bad or bogus” science? 2. What is meant by scientific fraud? 3. What are or were N-rays? 4. Was this a case of “bad” science or scientific fraud? 5. What or who was the Piltdown man? 6. Was this a case of “bad” science, scientific fraud, or something entirely different? 7. What are or was “polywater”? 8. Was this a case of “bad” science, scientific fraud, or something entirely different? 9. Within the context of scientific research, which of the following individuals committed scientific fraud? a) David Baltimore b) John Darsee c) Martin Fleischman and Stanley Pons d) Eric Poehlman e) Pattium Chiranjeevi f) Nancy Olivieri g) Andrew Wakefield 10. Within the context of scientific research, which of the individuals identified above were simply guilty of just bad or incomplete science? 11. What factors should be considered when determining the ‘validity’ of scientific
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