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\u00a0 \u00a0 This question could undoubtedly be debated forever, and it could potentially be answered in hundreds of different ways. \u00a0 See whether you can guess in advance the answer given by the writer\u00a0of this article. \u00a0 http:\/\/www.realclearscience.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/what_is_the_best_scientific_paper_ever_published.html \u00a0 I\u00a0didn\u2019t guess correctly. \u00a0See if you can beat me. \u00a0 For background on the author of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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