[snip] > and integrates new knowledge into--junk science. It's a way of discrediting > another person's basic belief system and rationalizing your own refusal to have > a dialogue with that person.
TO SAY NOTHING OF HAVING A DIALOGUE WITH NATURE, AS ENCOURAGED IN THE ESSAY BY STEVEN TALBOTT CITED NEAR THE END OF THE SPEECH (p.13). [snip] > that professor. No. He probably gets dropped. Think about Velikovsky whose > writings refuted the bases of many disciplines. He was not accepted at all by > them, yet now...guess what? SCIENCE IS NONETHELESS THE SOCIAL VENTURE OF A "SOCIETY OF EXPLORERS," A "COMMUNITY" OF SCIENTISTS (p.11). NOTICE THE CASE OF VALID EVIDENCE AGAINST RELATIVITY JUSTIFIABLY BEING IGNORED IN THE FACE OF EINSTEIN'S COMPELLING WORLD VIEW, AS POLANYI POINTED OUT IN HIS BOOK "PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE," (SEE p.25 OF THE HAROLD L. DAVIS PAPER CITED ON p.11 BY KIRSCHENMANN). > [snip] > understand. In a nice way, he attacking the scientific basis of industrial agriculture. > THE DAVIS PAPER CITED ON p.11 HAS A GREAT PASSAGE IN THIS REGARD: "THIS BELIEF IS LIKE ANNOUNCING TO WALL STREET THAT THE PURSUIT OF FINANCIAL GAIN IS A MISTAKE AND IS WRECKING THE ECONOMY." _______________________________________________________________________ Barry Lia \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ Seattle WA
