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Give two lessons that may be learned from the unfortunate N-ray affair and other more recent incidents of uncorroborated and ultimately erroneous scientific reports that have been uncovered.
Two lessons that we learn from unfortunate N-rays affair.
Answer to Problem 1BSA
Mistakes are made in all fields including physics and physics as a scientific discipline is not self correcting. There are two lessons learned from N-ray affair.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
N-ray affair refers to an experiment carried out by Rene Prosper Blond lot at Nancy.
The experiment was considered illusionary as there were some discrepancies with the recorded data during the experiment.
The two lessons to be learnt from this and such other incidents arethat mistakes can be made in all fields including physics and Physics, as a scientific discipline, is largely self-correcting.
Conclusion:
Thus, the lessons learnt are that all studies and experiments are prone to mistakes and errors.
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