You're using a poll about hearsay to prove your claim about science?
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Now that you mention it, a recent Pew Charitable Trust poll found that > over 70% of scientists surveyed had either heard of active > interference by the Bush administration. To quote > (http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1549) > > "An overwhelming majority of scientists say they have heard a lot > (55%) or a little (30%) about claims that the Bush administration did > not allow government scientists to report findings that contradicted > administration policy. By contrast, just 10% of the public heard a lot > about the claims and 34% heard a little; most say they have heard > nothing at all about it. > > About three-quarters of scientists (77%) believe the claims about the > Bush administration are true, while just 6% say they are false. And > virtually all of the scientists who say these claims are true 71% of > scientists overall believe that these practices occurred more often > during the Bush administration than during previous administrations. " > > Among government scientists, the figures approach 100%. > > Shame indee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308966 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
