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Jazzns
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Message 30 of 106 (220985)
06-30-2005 3:33 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by randman
06-30-2005 2:58 PM


Re: Pseudoscience behind a facade of borrowed terminology
The big difference being that mainstream scientists are looking for every opportunity to disprove their peers work while "creation scientists" are looking for every opportunity to validate their peers work.
There is very little accolade in the real world for just saying, "Yep, they were right!" There is plenty of respect to be earned by exposing flaws, failing to duplicate results, and generally being a participant in the great filter of peer-review that guides scientific progress.

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Jazzns
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Message 31 of 106 (220988)
06-30-2005 3:52 PM
Reply to: Message 24 by randman
06-30-2005 3:05 PM


Still under contest
Given that this point is still under great contest in the other thread, I find it bad form to start propagating it as if you won. Add to that the fact that your impact is mostly relegated to textbooks rather than the mainstream scientific literature.
Science allows itself the freedom to be wrong and correct itself. No such thing can be said for any kind of religious fundamentalism.

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