Question

Place the letters on the spectrum below from least scientific two more scientific A. All living things are composed of one or more cells. We know this because every living thing examined to date has
been found to be composed of one or more cells.
B. If you break a mirror, you will have seven years of bad luck.
C. The Earth is flat. Anybody can see that!
D. Taking Vitamin C prevents the common cold. Linus Pauling, the Nobel laureate who discovered the structure of
Vitamin C, says it does.
E. Humans have a soul. I believe this because it says so in the Bible. The soul is what separates us from animals.
F. The rate of acceleration of all falling objects on Earth is constant. Two spheres of identical diameter and volume are
dropped from the top of a building; one is made of steel, the other made of a plastic polymer. They both will accel-
crate at the same rate (32 ft/s) and hit the ground at the same time.

Answer 1

Answer: B, C, E, D, A, F

Explanation: It is a little difficult to assign a regid order to these statements. Much depends on one's definition of "more scientific." My thoughts:

B: Only in the movies

C: Flat Earthers still exist, but no one has ever fallen off the edge, that I'm aware of

E: I've had a few pets with souls. My cat has it in for me.

D: I met Linus Pauling twice - he was too enthusiastic with his vitamin C and did not critically evaluate the evidence, but he was far more correct than the Flat-Earthers.

A: Lots of good evidence, although it can also depend on the definition of "living," Is a virus "living?"

F: Yep, I've done it myself. Heavier object have more inertia - they are the couch potatoes of physics. They will take their own time to get moving.