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Letter: Good science is no mere '-ology'

K. Haggett
Monday 07 April 1997 23:02 BST
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Sir: It is all jolly fun to hoot "that's bleeding obvious" when research confirms one's preconceptions; but research quite often shows up the truth as being something different from the bleeding obvious. How are we to know in advance which will be which?

K HAGGETT

Market Rasen,

Lincolnshire

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