3.8.1 Measurement science

As highlighted in  [44], the performed a very meticulous analysis and characterized the time-course of the action potential phe nomenally terms of different features (the concise listing taken from [44])

  • the form, amplitude, and threshold of an action potential;

  • the form, amplitude, and velocity of a propagated action potential;

  • the form and amplitude of the resistance changes during an action potential;

  • the total movement of ions during an action potential;

  • the threshold and response during the refractory period;

  • the existence and form of subthreshold responses;

  • the production of action potentials after sustained current injection (that is, anodal break);

  • the subthreshold oscillations seen in the axons of cephalopods

”A measurement can be precise without being accurate.”[2] Accuracy means characterizing the true measurable quantity. In this sense, their measurement is precise but not accurate: they measured precisely wrong quantities, which, unfortunately, can be made and thought sufficiently resemblant to the real ones.