If Bacon's view is correct:

A. observations he made in the 17th century are still useful today.

B. theory-neutral observations are impossible.
C. scientists must avoid religious questions.

D. pure science need not have any practical applications.
E. science, like art, never progresses, but only changes.


Answer: A

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