Philip Winestone writes: >"Everyone is slowly being infected by irrationally by the examples we see >in the world in general." > >That's the main point, and the media, having undertaken to be the >intellectual guardians and leaders of public morality and thinking, are >leading the pack.
I do not get that impression. I communicate with reporters from time to time, and I do not think they are the main problem in science. They do not understand anything about it. They are merely reporting what the scientists themselves say, especially people like Robert Park and Prof. Kevles. People like Park make a living by destroying other people's reputations and lives, and by preventing research and progress. That's their job. Reporters are involved because scandal and ruined lives sells newspapers. They have no clue which side is technically correct, and they do not care at all that Nature and Park often lie. All they care about is selling news. - Jed
