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... understanding but are not in themselves contributions to truth . Any clever scientist can sit down , marshall the facts at hand , and bounce out of his arm chair with a theory . The scientist who is great is the one who proposes a ...
... understanding but are not in themselves contributions to truth . Any clever scientist can sit down , marshall the facts at hand , and bounce out of his arm chair with a theory . The scientist who is great is the one who proposes a ...
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... understanding of the phenomenon of learning , there is in addition a colossal con- fusion between learning and teaching . Untold millions are spent annually on teaching fads , frills , gimmicks , devices ostensibly designed to make a ...
... understanding of the phenomenon of learning , there is in addition a colossal con- fusion between learning and teaching . Untold millions are spent annually on teaching fads , frills , gimmicks , devices ostensibly designed to make a ...
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... understanding this brain a staggering one . It is simple for engineers to make electronic or mathematical models of sim- ple nerve circuits or of some few behavioral acts of an ani- mal . To espouse ultimate understanding of even so ...
... understanding this brain a staggering one . It is simple for engineers to make electronic or mathematical models of sim- ple nerve circuits or of some few behavioral acts of an ani- mal . To espouse ultimate understanding of even so ...
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