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31science fiction — a form of fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot, setting, theme, etc. [1925 30] * * * Fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals, or more… …
32Other Losses — Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans after World War II   Author(s) …
33Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …
34credibility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plausibility, believability, trustworthiness, likelihood; see honesty 1 , probability , reliability . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. believability, reliability, trustworthiness, soundness, integrity, plausibility,… …
35plausibleness — noun apparent validity • Syn: ↑plausibility • Ant: ↑implausibility (for: ↑plausibility) • Derivationally related forms: ↑plausible, ↑plausible …
36Bayesian probability — Bayesian statistics Theory Bayesian probability Probability interpretations Bayes theorem Bayes rule · Bayes factor Bayesian inference Bayesian network Prior · Posterior · Likelihood …
37Homeopathy — Homeopathy: coined in German from Greek hómoios ὅμοιος like + páthos πάθος suffering Oxford English Dictionary …
38Oxfordian theory — The Oxfordian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550 1604), wrote the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon. While mainstream scholars who take the Stratfordian… …
39Pseudoscience — Part of a series on Science …
40Robert A. Heinlein — Heinlein signing autographs at the 1976 Worldcon Born July 7, 1907(1907 07 07) Butler, Missouri, United States Died …
