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Letter: Letter

Published 29 July 2000

From Anthony New

How does an animal learn knowledge of its environment and the habits of its
prey or predators? Has it accidentally stumbled on the true scientific method or
does this information not count as knowledge?

Human beings managed to acquire knowledge quite successfully for several
millennia before the scientific method was invented.

Anthony.New@wsi.co.uk

Issue no. 2249 published 29 July 2000

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