Hello All! Please read Michael Crichton's essay titled "Why Politicizing Science is Dangerous" at: ...
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 16, 2007 2:00 am
Hello All! Check out this Courier-Journal article (while its availability lasts) titled "What Comes After Death (KASES member Emmett Fields is quoted): ...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 16, 2007 4:17 am
After reading all of the "heavy duty" articles posted by Frank, have some fun with this one: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511- ...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 16, 2007 5:30 am
Emmett shouldn't be so shy about expressing his opinion. :-) I agree with the first two "perspectives" that the psychologist mentioned...the physical ...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 16, 2007 6:02 am
Well, I think that Crichton is a novelist and not a scientist and is in danger of invoking Godwin's Law in his stirring up eugenics and the Nazi implications....
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 16, 2007 2:30 pm
Jan, I don't think you should be so shy about expressing your opinion... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -- Frank PS: The...
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 16, 2007 2:43 pm
Oops...I screwed-up my PS on my last post; What I meant to say was: PS: The mud-flap lady goes mostly      clockwise for me, with occasional    ...
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blenster
Oct 16, 2007 5:26 pm
I find it fascinating how many people react to this essay in a way similar to the way Jan does in denying the initial claim (politicizing science is bad)...
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Vessels, Patrick G LT...
pgarrettev
Oct 16, 2007 7:06 pm
She rotated exclusively clockwise for me until someone on a site I frequent added a trailing streamer to one of her ankles. I've no idea why, but this made it...
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blenster
Oct 16, 2007 7:30 pm
http://7ustm3.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/dancer02.jpg Here's an image that demonstrates how this works. Perhaps this will bring back some measure of control?...
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 16, 2007 10:32 pm
Hehehe...my family has suggested that I put a streamer (made of heavy chain) to see if that helps me regain some self- control... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 16, 2007 10:42 pm
Good, thoughtful (and thought-provoking) post, Blenster, though now that I've said so we both are probably in for a thrashing here... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 17, 2007 6:19 am
Here is some more information on what is going on with the brain and how it perceives the image...and it is not a "right brain/left brain" thing < http:// ...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 17, 2007 6:24 am
... One should do "teh Google" before posting. Yup! Lotsa geeks out there posting illusions < http://www.google.com/ ...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 17, 2007 7:52 am
PLEASE show me where I said that I denied the danger of mixing science with politics?...or as you put it "denying the initial claim (politicizing science is...
I feel I'm going to have to start by saying this is not a personal attack and proceed delicately from that point; which is a bad sign, I admit. Please...
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blenster
Oct 17, 2007 7:50 pm
Hmm, I can't resist! But before I begin, none of my personal views are herein represented, merely some musings designed to provoke discussion and thought: OK,...
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edrioasteroid@...
trilobite40514
Oct 18, 2007 2:39 am
Watson didn't cite any peer-reviewed science to back up his statements. In short he is full of shit. Dan ... From: Blenster Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007...
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blenster
Oct 18, 2007 2:53 am
Yes. I noticed. Did I say otherwise? A "what if" is entirely separate from "what is". I note, with some irony, that there isn't any peer-reviewed science...
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edrioasteroid@...
trilobite40514
Oct 18, 2007 3:22 am
If my aunt had balls, would "she" be my uncle? Science is not about if's ... From: Blenster Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:53 PM To:...
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blenster
Oct 18, 2007 3:32 am
Given that the surgery is possible now, indeed she might, if she liked... :-) Science is all about "ifs". Imagination is a driving force behind innovation....
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edrioasteroid@...
trilobite40514
Oct 18, 2007 10:37 pm
No. Science is about explaining evidence. "Ifs" are for fiction. Watson did not cite any peer reviewed evidence and just gave his opinion. All the "ifs" in...
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Alex Grigg
satans_parakeet
Oct 18, 2007 11:41 pm
Right, and if you would have cited contrary evidence, then you would have made a point. You decided not to do that and just called Watson a stupid racist...
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 19, 2007 1:30 am
Hi, Dan (and All)! "Science is not about ifs"? Gee, I dunno, it seems to me that testable (empirically corroborable/falsifiable) "ifs" (conjectures and...
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flovell1@...
flovell2003
Oct 19, 2007 1:35 am
Oops...I see now that Blenster already responded about the value of (empirically testable) "ifs" to the growth of scientific knowledge, so: never mind (I must...
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dennis4353@...
depearce2001
Oct 19, 2007 1:48 am
Wikipedia has a fairly comprehensive discussion on this topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 19, 2007 10:50 pm
Agree with Frank - a scientifically posed "if" in the form of a testable hypothesis is useful. However, a philosophical "if" just remains an "if" and serves...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 25, 2007 12:22 am
Hmmmm...Watson should reconsider and schedule an appearance at U.K. I'm sure they could find some Second Year Law student to draw a cartoon about his visit...
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m_corriganpowler
m_corriganpo...
Oct 27, 2007 3:21 am
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/FEATURES/ 71026025 Friday, October 26, 2007 YouVote: Ghostbusters vs. Ghostbelievers ...
