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- adjective Of or pertaining to matters which are not
scientifically rigorous .
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Examples
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The result with Hawking's books, given their great exposure, is a media emphasis on what they say about non-scientific issues, in particular, religion.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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An astrophysicist for the American Museum of Natural History, director of the world famous Hayden Planetarium, and columnist for Natural History magazine, Neil DeGrasse Tyson brings to the non-scientific world the ideal book for those fascinated with space, the cosmos, black holes, and all the questions and wonders therein.
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According to Wikipedia Only in the United States and a few other countries (such as Belize [2]) does the Fahrenheit system continue to be used, and only for non-scientific use.
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The result with Hawking's books, given their great exposure, is a media emphasis on what they say about non-scientific issues, in particular, religion.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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The result with Hawking's books, given their great exposure, is a media emphasis on what they say about non-scientific issues, in particular, religion.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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The non-scientific mind has the most ridiculous ideas of the precision of laboratory work, and would be much surprised to learn that . . . the bulk of it does not exceed the precision of an upholsterer who comes to measure a window for a pair of curtains.
The Perfected Yardstick Laura J. Snyder 2011
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The bottom-line is it greatly expands the ability of commercial entities to do non-scientific exploration outside of earth orbit at a lower cost than sending their own crews to the surface.
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As far as I see it, the crisis is one of distorted science, or a complete lack of it, for a variety of non-scientific motivations.
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Proponents of non-scientific parasciences, however, will use this "just because we don't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist" argument as evidence itself -- which is patently ridiculous.
Governments Suppress Alien Truth - Former NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell - NASA Watch 2009
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The result with Hawking's books, given their great exposure, is a media emphasis on what they say about non-scientific issues, in particular, religion.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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