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To: YHAOS
Now where did you get that figure (if the term ‘figure’ can be used on such a loosely constructed proposition)? Seat-of-the-pants estimate? Informal survey? A detailed, statistically valid, study conducted by professionals? What?

Absent specific data to the contrary, distributions remain the same across populations.

If you are saying the science community is somehow skewed from the general populace, it is YOUR responsibility to show statistics I am wrong. And I probably know many more scientists than you do and have found no predilection away from the USA norm. My anecdotes match yours so that is a wash.

Are you just looking for a "gotcha?"

Is there a point to your post? Are you asserting that scientists have less faith than non-scientists?

As far as the "who understand TToE, I put that in there to exclude the extreme and tiny population of non-Life Sciences scientists who do not understand TToE. It is there for clarity.

120 posted on 01/14/2009 4:26:34 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Are you rich? Tell a liberal you work for a living and he will tell you that you are!)
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To: freedumb2003
Absent specific data to the contrary, distributions remain the same across populations.

So you have no data to support your assertion. Merely a seat-of-the-pants feel.

If you are saying the science community is somehow skewed from the general populace, it is YOUR responsibility to show statistics I am wrong.

You made the assertion. It’s your responsibility to support it. Obviously, you can’t. If you could you wouldn’t turn aggressive, delve into motive-questioning, become accusatory, and resort to an appeal to authority (in this case, your own). If you’re the scientist you claim to be, you know that none of these are acceptable procedures.

Is there a point to your post?

Yes. To discover if you know what you’re talking about, or if you are simply blowing smoke. To this point it’s all blow and no show. Also your Christian forbearance is slipping.

As far as the "who understand TToE, I put that in there to exclude the extreme and tiny population of non-Life Sciences scientists who do not understand TToE. It is there for clarity.

Thanks for the clarification. And, thanks for your response.

121 posted on 01/14/2009 5:08:01 PM PST by YHAOS
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