Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote: As Stan Szpak says, scientists believe whatever you pay them to believe. >> > > > Nice broad brush indictment which is mostly wrong. Consider Jonas Salk as > an example -- he gave the world the Salk polio vaccine without royalties > and without a patent. >
He is noteworthy because he did this. If scientists routinely did that, no one would remember Salk for having done it. So my indictment is mostly right. Of course there are exceptions. . . . you get complex coordinate graphs with unclear labels done by poorly > specified methods and not replicated by independent others. At least > that's most of what I've seen before I stopped reading. > Normally I encourage people keep reading when they encounter difficulties and are confused, but in your case perhaps it was best to stop. - Jed
