On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > - the >> ultimate arbiter of every important question. > > Who on this list uses it that way? Did Gould ever use it in that way? > Did Einstein? Did Darwin for that matter? These are rheotrical questions > - the answer to each of them is plainly NO! If ravi wants to argue with > the ad executives who make tv ads beginning "Science Tells Us," fine - > but he shouldmake it clear that he is writing off topic, that what he > says is irrelevant to what anyone on this list says.
It is not just ad execs. If it was, the matter would not be so serious. There are many people with lots of power and authority who are guilty of exaggerating scientific claims. e.g. Summers and his claims about women and math. Or James Watson and his claims about the intelligence of Africans. Or Milton Friedman, Myron Scholes etc. These gentlemen would have you believe that their claims have the weight of scientific authority behind it - just as it does for gravitation or particle physics. These people are doing real damage. It is important to call them on it. -raghu. -- Really ?? What a coincidence, I'm shallow too!! _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
