Why should I believe a scientific paper or textbook?
On 12/8/06, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I mean, what proof do I have that the half-life of Polonium-210 is
actually
138.376 days? Maybe it's really 139.24 days. Maybe Polonium-210 doesn't
EVEN
EXIST.
It's not difficult to get access to a scientific paper or a textbook that states the half-life. You don't have to be able to verify that something is true, you need to be able to verify that the source given really says when it's being claimed it says. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l