The publication of Rozeboom's (1962) criticisms of my paper concerning limitations on scientific laws of certain types (Luce, 1959), together with what we both feel are misinterpretations and misleading uses of those results, prompt me to attempt to clarify some of the issues. At the outset, let me admit that much of the confusion is my fault, due in part to an inadequate understanding of the p...

Part A: " Organic foods are not healthier than non-organic foods/Organic foods are unhealthy " Misconception Number 1: Pesticide residues in conventional foods are always within safe levels. Summary of Counter-Arguments-A significant percentage of conventional food products contain pesticide residues in excess of legally-defined, maximum, authorized residue limits in Europe and the US.-As a res...

alister mcgrath criticizes atheistically evolutionary view of richard dawkins in natural sciences; and believes that the evidence that is put forward by dawkins for explanation of his hypothesis, is not compatible with the result of his argument. dawkins attacks against christianity in four arguments, and believes that science has removed god and religion is against every kind of demonstration ...

Over the past two decades, it has become widely accepted that phylogenies need to be incorporated into statistical analyses of interspecific data. However, recent debate has focused on whether it is appropriate to apply phylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs) to the study of adaptation. Although some of the criticisms are serious, it is premature to stop applying PCMs altogether. New statistica...

Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Cr...