[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not anti-science - - I am suggesting that much of the intellectual findings of science don't impact me - - - for example, I know the earth is round, but for 99.9+% of my daily life activities, it makes no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice contribution! I studied the philosophy of science a bit. In my personal life I am trying to find a balance in how I relate to beliefs. It seems to be a dance between trying to be rigorous in my thinking

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread Angela Mailander
We can compare notes then. I once did surgery on dogs. - Original Message From: ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:56:32 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can compare notes then. I once did surgery on dogs. I sure hope your dogs lived, my mice sure didn't. Gave their lives to science.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread curtisdeltablues
From: ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:56:32 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Larry inmadison@ . wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry inmadison@ wrote: I am not anti-science - - I am suggesting that much of the intellectual findings of science don't impact me - - - for example, I know the earth

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread Angela Mailander
wasn't great enough. I never got used to that first incision, but after that, it was pretty academic. - Original Message From: ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:07:02 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Ruth wrote: May I ask, what is the posting format here? It's best, Ruth, to be a top-poster and to include the line you're responding to. That way, respondents don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the messages just to read a silly, one-liner sentence. It best also, not to change

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ruth wrote: May I ask, what is the posting format here? Ruth, Willytex (Richard J. Williams) is this forum's very own troll. Don't pay any mind to what he says in his reply to you; he's just making it up.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And welcome! Glad you joined us. Thank you for the welcome. And here I started a whole new thread because of the prior post on thread rules! I kind of figured out what you are saying, but one never knows until they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many people in this forum Pseudo-science.?? And how many are Anti-science.?? How do you define both.?? I recently moved to town and found this forum. I signed up mostly to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
You have hit the nail right on the head. Pseudo-science is basic disbelief in the scientific method. ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:30:38 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science I recently moved

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nice contribution! I studied the philosophy of science a bit. In my personal life I am trying to find a balance in how I relate to beliefs. It seems to be a dance between trying to be rigorous in my thinking and still being open to what is not known. I am still finding that balance. I don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice contribution! I studied the philosophy of science a bit. In my personal life I am trying to find a balance in how I relate to beliefs. It seems to be a dance between trying to be rigorous in my thinking and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@ wrote: How many people in this forum Pseudo-science.?? And how many are Anti-science.?? How do you define

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 21st century will be about research published in respected peer- reviewed scientific journals. OffWorld There is a danger in equating peer review with certainty. Mistakes and innapropriate motivations can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Nice contribution! I studied the philosophy of science a bit. In my personal life I am trying to find a balance in how I relate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: The 21st century will be about research published in respected peer- reviewed scientific journals. OffWorld There is a danger in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: The 21st century will be about research published in respected peer- reviewed scientific journals. OffWorld There is a danger in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread Larry
I am not anti-science - - I am suggesting that much of the intellectual findings of science don't impact me - - - for example, I know the earth is round, but for 99.9+% of my daily life activities, it makes no difference whether the world is flat or round. The issue of the flatness or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread tertonzeno
--right...most of what people do, and why; is based on the subconscious: concealed impulses deeply hidden within the psyche that emerge spontaneously given the stimulating input. I could read out reams of peer reviewed articles to my coworkers about any subject but the response would be the