scientific culture of questioning ideas and requiring convincing demon- strations of their
correctness weeds out (perhaps gradually) published falsehoods.
Good writing is a crucial part of the process of accumulating knowl- edge. For an idea to
survive,other scientists must be persuaded of its rel- evance and correctness-not with
rhetoric,but in the established frame-
work of a scientific publication. New ideas must be explained clearly to give them the
best possible chance of being understood,believed,re幅 membered,and used. Authors need to: