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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 11:19 AM Original message |
Why We Need Science: “I saw it with my own eyes” Is Not Enough |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good "I saw Mother Theresa on my toast with my own eyes" doesn't work anymore. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well, I'm not so sure about that. |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Funny |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. The same applies to religious belief, of course |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. There is a backlash against science and even eggheads |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Because scientists have to eat too |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Yes it is entirely irrational. nt |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can someone explain this phrase: Science is the next politics... |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Speaking of YOUR eyes.... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No, I don't think he did |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. +1 |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Again.... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yeah, I know you're trying to spin it so you can ignore science. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Again, you're wrong |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. ??? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Obviously you do |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "Guess I was wrong."......Yep! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Interesting. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Yep! I made it as simple as I could and you still couldn't understand. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. it seems simple to me |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Repeating the same claim has no valid purpose. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. not a red herring at all |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. And again you repeat the same claim, which is nothing but a red herring. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Using the term logic while offering a classic red herring is quite humorous. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Unfortunately that occurs in 100% of threads debunking sCAM "treatments" |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That's because the plural of "anecdote" is believed to be "data." n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is something the "vaccinations caused my kid's Autism" idiots don't understand. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Heh |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thanks for the pointless red herring. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Heh |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Let us know when your science accomplishes anything notable. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Deleted message |
BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Already have |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. My, you really are the center of the universe. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. So you don't know what a red herring is? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Ok, I'll play this your stupid game |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Are you saying you don't know what a red herring is? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Floor is yours |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm not going to waste time explaining something so obvious. |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Aw c'mon.... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. So, when someone offers a red herring, I should pretend it's not a red herring? |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
38. blah blah blah |
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