Nor has the Church mended its ways. Religion is many things--and never insignificant among them is its perceived need to control of the masses--education is a major tool for that, so what happens in universities is something they are always very interested in. Tenured profs keep their jobs so they can recycle their lecture notes till they die, but their reputations are always up for grabs. Without that reputation, they can't get the research grants or the lecture circuits. --- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Angela, > > You've got a very good point. The tenured > professors have a stake in > any of the studies conducted under their authority. > It is > understandable that they would suppress any > information that would > make them look bad in the educational community. > Also, it's a matter > of keeping their reputation and their jobs. > > This is one of the reasons why brilliant minds who > discover new ideas > get persecuted for their works--such as, Galileo. > Although the > Catholic Church has apologized for its mistake, it > didn't do any good > to Galileo who's been dead and buried for about 500 > years. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela > Mailander > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Having spent my entire adult life in universities, > the > > fact that there is no academic freedom is more > than > > obvious to me. I've said this many times before > on > > this list. It is true in the humanities and it is > > true in the sciences. Everyone has heard of > Thomas > > Kuhn's book, "The Structure of Scientific > Revolutions > > (1962), and the process is exactly the one > discussed > > in the first video: evidence contrary to the > current > > paradigm is ignored. And when it gets > overwhelming, > > it gets suppressed because careers depend on the > > current paradigm. Think about it: you'd have to > > re-educate your comfortable old self, your > > publications and your lecture notes would be > obsolete, > > and you would be a sorry-ass has-been. So the > whole > > book about how scientific revolutions occur can be > > summed up as follows: old farts die. > > > > The video says that the "conspiracy" to cover up > > evidence to the contrary of the current paradigm > isn't > > deliberate--well, I don't know enough about what > goes > > on in the sciences (other than linguistics) to > have > > much more than a suspicion, but in the humanities > > (including and especially in linguistics), I am > sure > > it is deliberate--in that area I've done my > homework. > > Contrary to Judy's opinion, however, I am not a > > conspiracy theorist. When the evidence is > > overwhelming, it's no longer a theory. One piece > of > > evidence is only a point. Two points, and you can > > draw a line. Three points, and you've got a field > in > > which the points multiply exponentially and yield > a > > rich and revealing harvest. > > > > > > > > --- Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "Why haven't we heard about this evidence > before?" > > > Perhaps because the other evidence is so > > > overwhelming? > > > > > > --- Alex Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > TurquoiseB > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > > "hugheshugo" > > > > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "John" > > > > <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To All: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See this show (Forbidden Archeology), > > > narrated > > > > by Charleton > > > > > > > Heston, at: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=accRaF8HxNg. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a conspiracy to hide the truth? > > > > > > > > > > > > There must be, your link doesn't work. > > > > > > > > > > Not to mention the fact that Charleton > Heston > > > > > just died. Verrrrry suspicious if you ask > me. > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > The real link is at: > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=accRaF8HxNg > > > > > > > > > > It's silly "We know more than you do" shuck > > > > > and jive, with heavy Christian Creationist > > > > > overtones. > > > > > > > > I shut it off at the mention of the thoroughly > > > > debunked Paluxy footprints. > > > > > > > > http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/paluxy.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Or go to: > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > > > > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
