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Steven Rose regards oversimplification of biology as the supreme sin, inevitably leading to evil consequences, and requiring an unique distortion of scientific practice to avoid it. To avoid this, he proposes a short-cut to scientific knowledge by defining certain areas of biology that are intrinsically flawed. But this achieves only a subordination of science to politics. There are no general-purpose shortcuts for evaluating the validity of theories, and no substitutes for testing specific theories using relevant evidence.
Author(s): Charlton BG
Publication type: Note
Publication status: Published
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year: 1999
Volume: 22
Issue: 5
Pages: 889-
Print publication date: 01/01/1999
ISSN (print): 0140-525X
ISSN (electronic): 1469-1825
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X99262206
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X99262206
