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1.The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very ____, but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed ____. cautious.. educators sophisticated.. realists rational.. pragmatists naive.. idealists credulous.. skeptics 2.Having sufficient income of her own constituted for Alice ____ independence that made possible a degree of ____ in her emotional life as well. a material.. security a profound.. conformity a financial.. economy a psychological.. extravagance an unexpected.. uncertainty 3.The success of science is due in great part to its emphasis on ____ : the reliance on evidence rather than ____ and the willingness to draw conclusions even when they conflict with traditional beliefs. causality.. experimentation empiricism.. facts objectivity.. preconceptions creativity.. observation conservatism.. assumptions 4.Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results of Dr. Johnsons experiment, only the most ____ supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been adequately ____ | 
