On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 04:01:13 -0700 Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> wrote:
> I found this article years ago. Very interesting. > > http://www.fluoride-journal.com/98-31-2/312103.htm Very interesting, indeed. I note that the author also graduated in history, specialising in history of science. Perhaps specialists are too specialised? This reminds me of the Michael Bellesiles scandal. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Michael_Bellesiles I happened to have a ring-side seat to the debunking of Bellesiles. I noted at the time that not one of the people involved in the debunking effort was a professional, academic historian. Cramer is an amateur historian and subsequent to the debunking effort earned a masters in history but continues to earn his living as a software engineer. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Clayton_Cramer Perhaps those folks with cross-discipline educations have a perspective that helps them avoid the herd mentality? -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
