{"id":385,"date":"2011-02-04T11:16:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T22:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2011\/02\/04\/science_faction_a_great_story\/"},"modified":"2011-02-04T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T22:16:18","slug":"science-faction-a-great-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2011\/02\/04\/science-faction-a-great-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Faction &#8211; a great story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have a read of this great short story by Jennifer Ouellette.&nbsp; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/physicsworld.com\/cws\/article\/print\/44677\">The Scholar and the Caliph<\/a>, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.physicsworld.com\">www.physicsworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note the scientific method at work &#8211; &quot;I will make myself the enemy of all I have read, attack the old ideas from every angle and dismantle all that do not pass my tests until only the truth remains&quot;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have a read of this great short story by Jennifer Ouellette.&nbsp; The Scholar and the Caliph, on www.physicsworld.com. 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