Harry Veeder wrote:
> Michael Foster wrote:
>> Actually, I think that problem that has sickened science
>> is not the craving for certainty. It is the compulsion to
>> consensus that has caused the outrageous behavior of the
>> "scientific community" toward its greatest innovators.
>> Consen
Michael Foster wrote:
> Actually, I think that problem that has sickened science
> is not the craving for certainty. It is the compulsion to
> consensus that has caused the outrageous behavior of the
> "scientific community" toward its greatest innovators.
> Consensus science is, after all, not s
In reply to Michael Foster's message of Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:13:58
-0500 (EST):
Hi,
[snip]
>Actually, I think that problem that has sickened science
>is not the craving for certainty. It is the compulsion to
>consensus that has caused the outrageous behavior of the
>"scientific community" toward it
Robin wrote:
> Subconsciously all humans crave certainty, which is
> why we are so unwilling to give it up just when we
> think we have hold of a large chunk of it.
> Of course in reality, there is no such thing as
> certainty, so our struggle is either endless, or
> we settle for delusion.
A
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:21:04
-0500:
Hi,
>From: Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> Subconsciously all humans crave certainty, which is why we are so
>> unwilling to give it up just when we think we have hold of a large
>> chunk of it.
>> Of course in
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From: Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subconsciously all humans crave certainty, which is why we are so > unwilling to give it up just when we think we have hold of a large > chunk of it. > Of course in reality, there is no such thing as certainty, so our >
In reply to William Beaty's message of Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:28:48
-0800 (PST):
Hi,
[snip]
> Ridiculed, vindicated scientific discoveries
> http://amasci.com/weird/vindac.html
According to the Russians, T. Gold got his theories from them.
[snip]
>I think we have "Emperor's clothes effect" to th
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Zell, Chris wrote:
> Does anyone see anything DRAMATICALLY WRONG with this event? They
> describe the discovery as "bloody obvious" and say that they were
> "shunned" and labeled as "eccentric". More than that, decades of
> "modern medicine" fail to correctly identify the s
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4307826.stm
So, two guys get a Nobel prize for discovering that a bacterial
infection causes ulcers. A simple antibiotic cures the problem.
Does anyone see anything DRAMATICALLY WRONG with this event? They
describe the discovery as "bloody obvious"
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