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To: Havoc
that or trying to avoid the truth of the subject in hopes that people who don't know any better will buy your argument.

This is good timing! I was *just* reading this article earlier today:

Science more creative and less 'true' than many believe, educator says

374 posted on 08/04/2004 7:19:55 AM PDT by Michael_Michaelangelo
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

I think I'd like a little more solid understanding of what he is meaning by changing the nature of science; but, in general I agree. Science is not intuitive and is adversarial as it is taught in school and that is not as intended. When students challenged things that didn't line up with common sense, much less science, the teachers could be anything from abusive to dismissive and at the least - condescending. It isn't a matter of not liking what facts say. It's when we start wandering off into theories that stand on shaky ground that things begin to get dogmatic. That's where indoctrination comes into play. You call people names and abuse them into subbordination to the idea rather than proving the case. That ain't science, that's brainwashing.

Science must be redirected to follow what Science is - not what a bunch of people have hijacked it and turned it into.
That stance is dangerous though, it removes power from liberal elites and calls for accountability, so we can expect wingnut fringes (mainstream scientists) to scream like stuck pigs over any move to clean things up.


393 posted on 08/04/2004 8:46:26 AM PDT by Havoc (.)
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