> Orwell took Shaw’s remark to heart and examined carefully his own reasons for believing the world to be round... Shaw was right: that most of his scientific beliefs rested solely on the authority of scientists. In other words, most students have no idea why Copernicus is to be preferred over Ptolemy...
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