I think the distinction is that "SCIENCE" is open-minded.

"Scientists," OTOH, are only open-minded if they choose to be.

But then, the closed-minded ones aren't really scientists, now are they? ;-)

David Reaves
Recklinghausen, Germany


On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 22:34:51 +0000, David Hoskins <cont...@quikquak.com> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> As with all disciplines, when someone doesn't speak the 'correct' 
> technical language they are shunned, mainly because the academics have 
> invested all that time and money into said work, an automatic defensive 
> stance clicks in.
> As an aside, in Universities people can be shut out for decades simply 
> for disagreeing with the current paradigms, taking years to prove 
> themselves correct all along - so much for scientists being open minded.
> 
> Dave.

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