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Summary Of A War On Words By Clive Thompson

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In Clive Thompson’s article, “A War on Words” (November 2007), he discusses the use of language and its effects on scientific study. Thompson claims the use of language in science is what affects the public and scientific view of theories that have years of experimentation. Using words such as theory instead of law can affect how the public views the statement. The public thinks of a theory as some kind of guess at an explanation as to how the world works, even though a scientific theory could be backed by years of research. Thompson points out that scientific language is very precise and because of this, the public often turns their language around in order to discredit it. He suggests a solution: stop using the word theory and have scientific
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