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Sex, Drugs, Disasters and the Extinction of Dinosaurs

Sex, Drugs, Disasters and the Extinction of Dinosaurs

Q The central claim lies in the second paragraph where Gould mentions that “If the growing corps of the popular science writers focused on how scientists develop and defend those fascinating claims, they would make their greatest possible contribution to public understanding.” Explain.

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He demonstrates his claim as he mentions that science works with testable proposals. He also notes that the best scientific hypotheses are generous and expansive. There is no point in useless speculations, as they would not take people anywhere.