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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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[[Image:Kingdoms.gif|thumb|400 px|right|two then five now three kingdoms of life]] | [[Image:Kingdoms.gif|thumb|400 px|right|two then five now three kingdoms of life]] | ||
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===Facts vs Data...plus a measure of measurement=== | ===Facts vs Data...plus a measure of measurement=== | ||
− | Three basic questions drive all scientific efforts: | + | Three basic questions drive all scientific efforts: what s here, how did it get here, and how does it work three simple questions that have given rise to a mind-numbing number of textbooks, many of which are themselves mind-numbing. How sad. It s too easy to open a science textbook and read statements that seem either obvious (e.g. all living things are made of cells) or unbelievably detailed (e.g. poliovirus is a positive-stranded RNA virus so its genome can serve as mRNA). Scientific ideas, even the |