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The Philosophy of Science

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Laboratory scientist Dean Radin explains that because scientific study involves getting into details, scientists have difficulty maintaining a wider perspective in the laboratory. Because scientists aren't typically trained in the philosophy or history of science, Dean says they don't usually think on a daily basis about how the particular thing they're studying fits into the larger context of our evolution, though such a view would be helpful, he says.

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