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To: Physicist
Physicists have their little rhetorical ostrich fans, too. (Think of the strip-tease artist dancing with the huge fan made of feathers). Scientists will employ the passive voice when they want the reader to skip over obvious problems in theorizing.

You will see language of the sort Butler employs in Big Bang, Evolution, or any field of science that is ultimately unaccountable.

I'd be happy to lead you to a favorite FR thread of mine where a scientist from the U of Chicago claims to have "created" a new species of fruit fly. We are all prone to make dishonest use of language when self-service presses its case.

27 posted on 11/29/2004 7:42:42 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle
I'd be happy to lead you to a favorite FR thread of mine

Sorry, your contempt for science is already well known on FR. It's not necessary for me to reconfirm it.

37 posted on 11/29/2004 8:31:02 AM PST by Physicist
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