The article that David recently submitted to the list seems to well address the general issues surrounding alternative medicine - such as the ethics of ...
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lrhammel@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:44 pm
More of our history uncovered. ... The New York Times Direct To: lrhammel@... <nytdirect@ny cc: times.com> Subject:...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:32 pm
Not worth it, unless to debunk --but how? No arguments could ever convince the True Believers. A waste of time, if you ask me. Our more immediate (and more...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:33 pm
Good point, I'll put it on the agenda for Saturday (Larry can't come this time). ... From: Anita J <anitalikestennis@...> To:...
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Chris Peters
alpha_leonis@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:09 pm
Sorry I can't make it to the meeting this weekend, either (I'm currently writing from beautiful suburban Houston). Just a comment on the new placebo research:...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Jun 1, 2001 10:17 pm
Unfortunately badly marred by at least 3 apostrophe errors (2 omissions & 1 commission) that I noticed in a quick skim. ds. From...
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Clayton Naff
claynaff@...
Jun 2, 2001 12:51 am
Dave, Thanks for that article. I went to the site and read Austin's other article (a review of Lewontin's collected essays). Pure drivel! I guess the missed ...
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Mark Wooge
mwooge@...
Jun 2, 2001 3:36 am
If you get the message listed below, ignore it. It's a hoax. ... friend ... as ... your...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Jun 2, 2001 5:49 am
We have no gulags, but we have two ... People who are raised in a family / community where certain illegal behaviors and values are acceptable or even...
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Clayton Naff
claynaff@...
Jun 2, 2001 11:14 am
Bart, I find myself stranded in the middle between your post and John's. I was very gratified to see John acknowledge that some of his positions were...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Jun 2, 2001 2:58 pm
Bart, Sometimes I think I should have just kept my opinions to myself; I may be in over my head. But... ... Around 60% of all prisoners in the US are...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Jun 2, 2001 3:09 pm
Clay, ... I'm not sure how to take that:) Thanks, I think. ... I don't really want to drag this thread out much more ('ere I become the lists next Drew...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 2, 2001 3:13 pm
Not implying that it's within our mandate, but FYI, in this morning's paper is an article about a UNO student who's contacting environmental and other groups,...
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sgcol50326@...
Jun 2, 2001 4:03 pm
In a message dated 5/31/01 6:52:40 PM Central Daylight Time, dsidnt@... writes: Sam, ... Apologies aren't necessary --- besides, I tend to get carried...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Jun 3, 2001 4:59 am
From http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/02/arts/02ASTR.html June 2, 2001 Star Wars: Is Astrology Sociology? By EMILY EAKIN Elizabeth Teissier is well known in...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Jun 3, 2001 5:33 am
... matter of escapism no better or worse than TV or religion, and done more often with addictive LEGAL substances than illegal ones, is hardly the fault of ...
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Mrjbriscoe@...
Jun 3, 2001 6:16 am
May 22, 2001 Before the Big Bang, There Was . . . What? By DENNIS OVERBYE What was God doing before he created the world? The philosopher and writer (and later...
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Mrjbriscoe@...
Jun 3, 2001 7:23 am
Jumping in.... In a message dated 6/3/01 12:33:32 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Agree. You might even argue that it's better than religion, since, when ...
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Clayton Naff
claynaff@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:00 pm
... anarchs, etc) we all pretty much fear the same thing. John, First, a word in response to your side comments. Please believe that I don't regard you as a...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:54 pm
Bart, Why don't MORE people do drugs? It ... When you take into account caffine (highly addictive), alcohol, nicotine, Ritalin/Prozac/etc., almost all...
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Chris Bonds
cbonds@...
Jun 3, 2001 10:06 pm
May I be the first to present... Chris Bonds Wayne, NE E-SKEPTIC FOR JUNE 3, 2001 Copyright 2001 Michael Shermer, Skeptics Society, Skeptic magazine, e-Skeptic...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Jun 3, 2001 11:57 pm
HUMAN EVOLUTION: A NEW HOMININ FOSSIL DATED AT 3.5 MILLION YEARS AGO The terms hominine, hominin, hominoid, hominid, are not interchangeable, but their...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 4, 2001 4:58 am
Bart; Hey, missed you at the meeting. Dan Finney, the reporter, came again. Our article should appear this week. Below this is something I wrote to Dave a...
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mpackard@...
Jun 4, 2001 2:04 pm
Regarding the social construction of deviance, I think history and social psychology have shown us that all humans have the capacity to be violent/evil under...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 4, 2001 4:26 pm
Clay, I skimmed this the first time, and I just went back and re-read it slowly and carefully, and I'm glad I did. (Sometimes we get too rushed to pay proper...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:15 am
Dear REASON group, Right when I think I've really embarrased myself with some late night blurbs (sometimes I put too much blur in "blurb")... the coolest...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:22 am
I have trouble reading a monitor after a few minutes so scanned the "physics, anyone?" message after the first 5-7 paragraphs. The latest Astronomy magazine...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:04 am
... CREATIONISM DEBATE REPORT AND MORE AMMO FOR EVOLUTIONISTS The Shermer-Gish debate was held Friday night, June 1, in Phoenix, Arizona. Since it was held at...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:14 am
Part Two ... MORE ON GISH, CREATIONISM, RELIGION An important clarification from the last e-Skeptic in the letter where the guy wrote: "I know some people who...
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Ken Munzesheimer
munzesheimer@...
Jun 5, 2001 4:46 am
Anyway, I appreciate and resonate with the clarifications & definitions offered from law school. Bart: I was able to follow your post up until the above line....
