Show Scores Critics Of Weather Man Manc c I British Professor Decries Tendency Tendency Tendency Ten- Ten dency to Judge on Occasional Occasional Occa Occa- Errors LEICESTER England Sept pt 8 a P- P Scoring the public for gauging weather er er- forecasters by their occasional errors errors er ere Sir Gilbert T T. Walker professor of ot meteorology at the Imperial College College Col lege of or Science and Technology told the Brit British sh Society for the Advancement Advance Advance- ment meat of Science tod today y that di difficulties of range long weather forecasting were not sufficiently recognized While the forecasting efforts of charlatans are judged by their occasional occasional occa occa- successes he said it is the occasional failures of a government department which are remembered against it In the United States Sir Gilbert said the relation of weather to crops has probably been more scientifically worked out than In any other coun coun- try Speaking on the nervous system and its cells Professor E. E D. D Adrian president of the physiology division said the adaptability of nerve cells celIs to Injury was remarkable If an insect loses a leg Professor Adrian explained it will Vill change its style of walking at once to make makeup makeup makeup up for the loss A defense of psychology was voiced by Professor F. F Aveling a of the University University Uni Uni- of London The external world as presented to us by contemporary science he said possesses none of the and richness with which It is clothed in sensory experience It has bas neither color nor sound nor nor odor nor extensIon extension extension ex ex- ex- ex tension nor shape nor material sub sub- stance Yet the physicists would tell tellus tellus tellus us that they are dealing with reality He asserted psychology is the scIence science ad- ad ence of experience the most empirical of all sciences in the sense that it deals directly with experiences as such embracing all experiences without without with with- out making a partial selection 5 |