Re: Are There Any Actual Physicists/Scientists Here?

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:51:58 +0000 (UTC), glhansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gregory
L. Hansen) wrote:

>In article <0q9gf1tgcn809cmpid384unmh50gion9jh@xxxxxxx>,
>Paul Stowe <ps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>On 8 Aug 2005 21:00:23 -0700, "Aydin" <gereka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'll ask you a question, why does 'science' need protection?
>> Is it not, by definition of its methods, self correcting? Thus
>> self protecting. The world needs less thought police.
>
> Science doesn't need protection from scientists following the
> methods of science.

Right...

> But then there's plenty of young Earth creationists, etc., that
> go beyond scientific methods. And things like homeopathy that
> has a direct impact on people's health, and various Hydrogen
> Initiatives with economic and environmental impacts.

As P.T. Barnum once said, "there's a sucker born every minute".
And, IIRC, "a fool & his money are soon parted" etc., etc., etc...

I'm sorry, but if you're of legal age, you have the right to
make decisions for yourself. If you choose to think that God
'created' the universe in six days, or, that homeopathic medicine
will cure your ills, well, more power to you, that IS your right.
Nature & the facts won't bend to suit beliefs. If you're wrong
then there are personal consequences that may arise. No-one has
the right or a duty to decide that something should not, or must not,
censored. And it is censorship more than anything else that is the
ultimate in anti-science!

> In a sense that's more about protecting people than science.

From what? Beliefs, ideas?

> And, perhaps, scientific funding.

Ah, the bottom line, "follow the money"... True science is NEVER!
about money.

Paul Stowe

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