This is a breath of fresh air that can make an old cynic have faith
that science is not completely dead. I don't think guts are involved.
Duncan simply had to take the time to explore the data. Any rational
person who does this comes to the same conclusion. We pay entirely
too much attention to the skeptics who have no understanding of
science even though they were educated in that subject.
Ed
On Apr 30, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
You gotta love this man Duncan. He has guts! You should see the
video. His description of getting a call from High Priest of Physics
is hysterical. "Help me out with this" he says. Ha! I love the last
PowerPoint slide:
"Research funding needs to become less dependent on the common
assumptions within the culture of scientific communities, and much
more courageous and objective.
The Scientific Method is a wonderful thing, use it always, no
exceptions!"
I gather Pickens attended the conference. Maybe he was in the
audience.
We are trying to get permission to upload the lecture to YouTube.
- Jed
