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To: sheltonmac
With this kind of constant, drastic "evolution" of theory you have to admire those who continue to place all of their faith in science.

Those of us in science know that we NEVER have all the answers. We also tend to avoid coming right out and saying something without adding qualifiers. For instance, I might say "The resultant increase in reporter activity COULD result from reason X; an ALTERNATIVE explanation is that..."

My first published paper contradicted the results of a fairly prominent scientist in my field. In fact, scientists contradict each other all the time.

Faith isn't a topic that comes up a lot in scientific circles. Unless, of course, it is the scientist praying, "Please, God, let this experiment work."

51 posted on 07/02/2004 6:17:50 PM PDT by exDemMom (Think like a liberal? Oxymoron!)
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To: exDemMom
For instance, I might say "The resultant increase in reporter activity COULD result from reason X; an ALTERNATIVE explanation is that..."

And of course the naysayers count all the "maybe" and "could have" qualifiers and try to infer that science knows nothing. We are then expected to believe that since science knows nothing, it can't rule out even the most patent nonsense.

52 posted on 07/02/2004 6:31:15 PM PDT by VadeRetro
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