Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 15:09 3-7-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:

>Before I take the time to go over the results of scientific analysis of
>claims such as these, I'd like to ask one question.  Do you accept the
>validity of scientific analysis?  Would you agree that claims of death or
>damage need to be able to stand up to scientific scrutiny?

Of course I do.

You'll have to come up with some very convincing evidence, though. Let's 
say a report claims that in a town with a nuclear power plant nearby, the 
cancer rate is three times as high as the national average, and the power 
plant is blamed for it. You'll have a hard time convincing me that the 
higher rate is just a coincidence, and not related to the presence of that 
nuclear power plant.


Jeroen

_________________________________________________________________________
Wonderful World of Brin-L Website:                    http://go.to/brin-l