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Is the science that we do today truth, likely to be a lie, or is it undetermined?

  • Written by Greg Eghigian, Professor of History, Penn State
imageScience is what scientists do – it's an activity and a process, not a single thing. Solskin/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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