[extropy-chat] Re: extropy-chat Digest, Vol 7, Issue 18

[deimtee]

Harvey Newstrom wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 06:42 am, Amara Graps wrote:
>
>> Chris Phoenix <cphoenix at CRNano.org>:
>>
>>> Even scientists reject observations all the time.  They read the data
>>> differently.  They assert that there must be errors in the method.
>>
>>
>> yes, true
>>
>>> They
>>> attack the credentials of the observer.  They change the subject.  They
>>> build strawman attacks, and frequently even appear to convince
>>> themselves.  They form cliques.  They tell their students not to even
>>> read the claims, and certainly not to investigate them.
>>
>>
>> to be fair, I don't think that this is the norm. Yes, it happens,
>> but it is not the common way that scientists (that I know, anyway)
>> think about and solve problems.
>
>
> I would argue even further that since these activities are the 
> opposite of the scientific method, those people who behave this way 
> are not behaving like scientists.
>
>
No, they are behaving like science teachers.  This is not meant to be 
funny, many science teachers do behave like this, at all levels.

-david