On 19/09/2006, at 2:52 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 9/18/06, jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Isn't that not a tautology at all, but one of the basic assumptions
about peer-review in science?
Only for scientists who treat theories as if they were facts.
...'cause there's no such thing a
On 9/18/06, jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's not the language of triage, Nick. That's the language of an
abortion is just as good as any other choice.
Ever had to make a real triage decision? A life-and-death one?
John, there are *no* "good" choices in a triage decision. That'
On 9/18/06, jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is not the logical conclusion of this that we should have an
all-volunteer army, lest soldiers make money in a cause for which people
are giving their very lives?Or at least to only pay a death stipend?
No, that's not a logical conclusion a
On 9/18/06, jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Isn't that not a tautology at all, but one of the basic assumptions
about peer-review in science?
Only for scientists who treat theories as if they were facts.
Nick
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> In a message dated 9/18/2006 9:58:12 A.M. Eastern
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> He has,
> rather remarkably, gone from being a truly atrocious
> shortstop to one who is basically average (he was
> significantly better than average last ye
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 9/15/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > Not anybody that I know of. At best, it is a triage decision.
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> > > Wow. Finally a view that really gets to the heart of it. Thanks,
Nick.
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> > > I may use tha
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think there is an economic formula in existence that justifies
> making money in a cause for which people are giving their very lives.
Is not the logical conclusion of this that we should have an
all-volunteer army, les
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 9/17/06, Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > But for this type of
> > conspiracy to have occurred - one in which the towers
> > were destroyed by explosives inside the building, and
> > then the evidence of this s
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> John D. Giorgis wrote:
> >NY Giants at Philadelphia - Pick: EAGLES
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> How about them Giants?? I can't believe they turned that around, as
> they were being soundly whupped for the first 40 minutes of the game.
> Though I ha
Folks,
Time and time again, the charge is leveled by one Brineller against
another that the accused would not be so outraged (at least to the point
of posting to Brin-L) over some political or religious shenanigans if
the result had favored his or her position.
A recent example: Those of us who
In a message dated 9/18/2006 9:58:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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He has,
rather remarkably, gone from being a truly atrocious
shortstop to one who is basically average (he was
significantly better than average last year, I think).
OK - maybe you will grant tha
On 9/18/06, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
He wasn't well connected, he did not have inside information. He just knew
the subject matter. There are thousands of structural engineers who should
have been able to see the holes in the explanations of the collapse of the
towers if the hole
> -Original Message-
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> Subject: Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there
> is no reliable information?)
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> On 9/17
Julia Thompson wrote:
I had surgery on September 7 and am now just starting to read listmail
again. If you need anything from me, direct e-mail is the best way to
reach me.
(My hernia is fixed, and for the first time since the twins were born,
my abdominal muscles do not have a gap between t
William T Goodall wrote:
On 6 Sep 2006, at 8:33PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
But it requires too much thinking to conclude that - and atheists
are no smarter than fundamentalist theists, and will be satisfied
with short-range egoistical goals. Short-term egoistical goals
for theists mean "do goo
I had surgery on September 7 and am now just starting to read listmail
again. If you need anything from me, direct e-mail is the best way to
reach me.
(My hernia is fixed, and for the first time since the twins were born,
my abdominal muscles do not have a gap between the left side and the
r
In a message dated 9/18/2006 12:26:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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They also took to wearing kilts, those naughty Scots . . .
More room for the sheep.
Vilyehm
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At 11:57 AM Monday 9/18/2006, Klaus Stock wrote:
The people in Scotland also cut down most of the trees in order to have more
room for sheep.
They also took to wearing kilts, those naughty Scots . . .
Baa! Maru
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On Sep 18, 2006, at 8:00 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 9/15/06, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's one, though: NOBODY in the Clinton admin was called by
ANYBODY in Afghanistan who was ready to "pick up the package"
or whatever was their code for capturing Bin Laden and refused
to give t
> Think of Mesopotamia. When it was the cradle of civilization it was the
> fertile
> crescent. Now it is mostly desert (that is it is Iraq). How did this
happen?
I guess Bush has the answer to that :-)
> Over time the people living in the region degraded the environment (cut
down
> the tre
On 9/15/06, Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 15 Sep 2006 at 6:39, Nick Arnett wrote:
And there are people out there who use that argument to say any game
involving violence shouldn't make a profit either. Or gun makers for
the civilian market. Or...
For what it's worth, I try to
> be a conspiracy of the type alleged, thousands of
> _perfectly ordinary_ people would have to be involved.
There was an estimate that in the GDR, one out of seven persons worked for
the Stasi ("Staatssicherheit" = "state security"), in one way or the other.
Most were of course IMs ("Inoffizielle
On 9/15/06, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's one, though: NOBODY in the Clinton admin was called by
ANYBODY in Afghanistan who was ready to "pick up the package"
or whatever was their code for capturing Bin Laden and refused
to give the authorization. The film included such a scene,
c
On 9/17/06, Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But for this type of
conspiracy to have occurred - one in which the towers
were destroyed by explosives inside the building, and
then the evidence of this suppressed after the attacks
- then literally thousands of people would have to be
inv
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> Good to here from you. So even though you are
> clearly wrong about 9/11
> (everyone knows that it was a mutant energizer buddy
> sent by the Bush daughters
> because they could not count up to 103 and were
> therefore insulted by the
> towers) I hope you h
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