Just one small teensy note of clarification: I usually only insult people
who disagree with me when they are/have been complete assholes about it.
Which fortunately narrows the field down a bit.

-Doug
On Apr 4, 2013 6:11 PM, "glen" <g...@ropella.name> wrote:

> Douglas Roberts wrote at 04/04/2013 04:45 PM:
> >  I was using "evidence" in the scientific sense,
>
> You say that as if everyone agrees on the scientific sense of the term,
> which of course they don't.  Even reputable scientists disagree on what
> constitutes evidence.  I know you're willing to insult anyone with whom
> you disagree.  But the fact remains that standards of evidence differ
> depending on the context of the discussion, the domain of inquiry, etc.
>
> Evidence in, say, cosmology or evolution is very different from evidence
> in, say, biology or physics.  And that's without leaping out into the
> softer sciences.
>
> --
> =><= glen e. p. ropella
> Looked pretty horny if I do say
>
>
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