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To: alumleg

Come back in maybe 20 or 30 years when you get some real experience concerning critical thinking. You are so gullible that you actually believe something is true just because it happens to get published. Let me tell you something... go to any science library. Look around at all the journals. Guess what? Probably close to 80% of what is contained within them is garbage science by today's standards. In another 20 years, what is published today will suffer the same fate.

You think you know it all, but in the final analysis, you don't know anything other than what someone else has tricked you into believing is important. And if you think scientists don't lie for personal gain or for a cause, then you haven't been paying attention to what is going on recently in stem cell and cloning research. Many scientists have political and personal agendas. They often hide or fabricate information or squelch the publication of information from other sources if it is contrary to their personal agenda.

If you are going to read scientific studies, then you need to sharpen your skills at critical thinking and not just accept them verbatim. When you understand all the problems with a theory as well as you understand the strengths, and when you know the character and honesty of the scientist spouting the information, then maybe you can effectively argue your position.


106 posted on 02/26/2006 1:54:23 PM PST by Kirkwood ("When the s*** hits the fan, there is enough for everyone.")
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To: Kirkwood
I would say understanding my position might be helpful on your part. I did not come here to post support of GW. Doing that on this forum would be senseless. Rather, I thought this was a good forum to discuss the advisability of having political appointees make scientific decisions.
122 posted on 02/26/2006 8:31:11 PM PST by alumleg
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