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To: Crackingham
Every scientific study today ends with a variation, tailored to the nature of the research being conducted, of this:

"Our study, while exhaustive in its complexity [Translation: We wrote a whole bunch of stuff that we know you will never be able to make heads nor tails of because all we have to say is that it is scientific jargon that can't be understood by silly lay persons], is inconclusive at this time and needs continuing research [Translation: We couldn't gin up enough evidence to prove our supposition one way or another and we want to keep doing the same thing until we can achieve our agenda]. It is our hope that we can get increased funding [Translation: We blew the money on parties and lived high off the hog on the government's dime, and we fervently hope we can schmooze our way into another big bucks grant] to continue this much needed research in our continuing efforts to explore the unknown [Translation: This research grant is needed by us so we can continue living in the lifestyle we have become accustomed to under our previous research grant]. This research could provide exciting new benefits for all of humanity [Translation: If we do find anything, we will damn sure patent it and secure the benefits for our own wealth even though the research is being done on public funds]."

Science a hundred years ago was the search for truth. Science today is the search for the largest government grant.
Science, "Bah, Humbug!"

28 posted on 09/27/2005 5:19:00 PM PDT by Surtur (Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)
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To: Surtur
Every scientific study today ends with a variation, tailored to the nature of the research being conducted, of this:

Um, no they don't. You haven't actually read many scientific studies, have you?

41 posted on 09/27/2005 9:35:27 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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