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To: GodGunsGuts
Pseudoscientists often reveal themselves by their handling of the scientific literature. Their idea of doing scientific research is simply to read scientific periodicals and monographs. They focus on words, not on the underlying facts and reasoning. They take science to be all statements by scientists. Science degenerates into a secular substitute for sacred literature. Any statement by any scientist can be cited against any other statement. Every statement counts and every statement is open to interpretation. - Science and Unreason, Radner and Radner

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137 posted on 11/09/2009 7:47:30 PM PST by Ira_Louvin (Go tell them people lost in sin, Theres a higher power ,They need not fear the works of men.)
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To: Ira_Louvin
Excellent quote. Too many untrained in scientific disciplines believe that Google searches and quote mining are satisfactory research methods.
139 posted on 11/09/2009 7:50:14 PM PST by Natural Law
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