Article October 15, 1955 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from John R. Brobeck, G. Stanley Russell

Dr. John R. Brobeck, Professor of Physiology at University of Pennsylvania in a discussion reported in Time New York, New York

"Many scientists have become a lot less positive about the prerogatives of science and the scientific method," said Dr. Brobeck.... "More and more we hear talk about the limitations of science. But science is not the only way to get information. Many fields of human experience are not susceptible to scientific analysis.

"Modern science no longer speaks about laws. What used to be called a law now is spoken of as a high probability because science cannot predict what an individual molecule in a given population is likely to do. ... What were called laws now are being stated in terms of statistics. ...

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