[TXnMA]

"...it should be obvious that if science turns its back on ethical criteria, it undermines its own method and instantly ceases to be science.

Exactly!!!

Those who do not have that "love of discovery" that "drives" a true scientist simply cannot comprehend how destructive the mere concept of "foregone conclusion that must be 'proven'" is to the bedrock foundation of the scientific endeavour.

As a "retired" scientist, I still keep a stereomicroscope here on my desk (and a differential interference metallurgical microscope nearby) -- simply because my mind will not allow me to bypass a question that can be answered via direct observation.

True science is not a "business" -- it is an inescapable "lifelong personal passion for knowledge"!

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Without ethics and passion for truth, "science" is not "dead" -- it is not "science" at all!

[betty boop]

What a beautiful, beautiful testimony, dear brother in Christ!

I can only reply: Thank you from my heart, and all praise and glory be to God!

[Alamo-Girl]

Those who do not have that "love of discovery" that "drives" a true scientist simply cannot comprehend how destructive the mere concept of "foregone conclusion that must be 'proven'" is to the bedrock foundation of the scientific endeavour.

Precisely so, dear brother in Christ!