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1. In scientific studies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses, but, in fact, the__________ of errors is more likely to be_______ than is the establishment of probable truth. formulation . . permitted correction . . ignored detection . . useful accumulation . . agreeable refinement . . conditional 2. Although skeptics say financial problems will probably ________our establishing a base on the Moon, supporters of the project remain _______, saying that human curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints. beset . . disillusioned hasten . . hopeful postpone . . pessimistic prevent . . enthusiastic allow . . unconvinced 3. The state of a nations science determines its prosperity and political power, and scientists should not_______ this relationship even if their own interest in science is of a less practical nature. overlook consider overestimate rely on notice 4. All_______ biological traits fall into one of two categories: those giving their possessors greater ________the environment and those rendering them more independent of it. widespread . . detachment from beneficial . . control over successful . . freedom from neutral . . compatibility with harmful . . advantage in 5. Most histories of science are success stories that conclude on _______ note with the fin_______ of a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers. a retrospective . .extrapolation an analytic . . rebuttal an objective . . rationalization a positive . . refutation a triumphal . . ascendancy 6. Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval ________ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology that se