Scientific advances have transformed the world.
We must ask: What is the basis of scientific claims? How much confidence should we put in them? What is defined as Science and What is not? This book synthesizes a workin.
Understanding the basis for scientific claims and judging how much confidence we should place in them is essential for individual choice, societal debates, and development of public policy and laws.
However, Science can sometimes get things wrong, and at times, disastrously so.
Scientific advances have transformed the world