It's called confirmational bias, and there are people on this list on both sides of the political spectrum with the worse cases of it I have ever experienced.
But it's nothing new. Look at how they treated the first person to say the earth was not the center of the universe, even after he proved it, simply because it wasn't in the benefit of those in power to accept it. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just saying that it's not valid because of what someone else said about it, > is not on the other hand a demonstration that the study is bullshit. If he > had some sort of proof of a financial or political bias on the part of the > researchers, that would be possibly respectable as an argument. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
