Love your sense of humor D, ie Bob's love of data etc at times being "awe inspiring." But Bob might consider your comments awful. It's 4am as I write this, and I'm awfully tired. Mike DuPree
----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Mindock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 2:33 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia WasTestimonials as Evidence) > Yep, I too admire scientists, real truth seeking ones, not those who can > be > bought to produce desired > outcomes. My degree is in science, atmospheric. Basically I am trained to > run computer > models of the atmosphere and to enhance the models so they correlate more > closely to > reality. Reality, aka Nature, is the gold standard. > Bob is wound a bit tight but that might come from trying to pour knowledge > into hung-over > college students. His love of data, results from scientific studies, is > awe > inspiring at times. > Peace, D. Mindock > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:34 AM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia Was > Testimonials as Evidence) > > >> Hi Kurt; >> >> Pardon my snipping style but..... >> >> Kurt Nolte wrote: >> snip >> >>> >>>On the other side we have his opponents, among them Joe Street, Terry >>>Dyck, Mike Dupree and D. Mindock, to name a few off the top of my head. >>>These people seem to be, to the best of my knowledge, claiming that >>>herbs (The topic at hand) are the /only/ things that are truly >>>efficacious as medicinal compounds, and that pharmaceuticals produced by >>>synthetic processes just don't hack it. >>> >>> >> >> Actually I don't believe I ever said that! I am opposing Bob to some >> degree but that doesn't mean I said what you are attributing to me, or I >> guess more correctly that you should be lumping me in with what you are >> saying about the others. I am very scientifically inclined, I run a >> university lab for pete's sake as well but I am also a sceptic of the >> idea that science is the be all and end all or that it has all the >> answers. I still have great respect for science and believe that one >> day it may encompass things that it currently can't explain. All I am >> suggesting to Bob is that even though science cannot explain something >> at the present time, that does not mean it must necessarily be >> rejected. I think this is the only point on which Bob and I are in >> dissagreement. I also wouldn't say it is fair to be calling Bob closed >> minded. Stubborn yes but narrow or closed minded, no. >> >> Joe >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
