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Confusious

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Reply to Boojatta (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 10:05 PM

Jan 2012

Creationists get degrees so when they say god created everything, they can say "Look! I have a degree"

Christopher Busby, a anti-nuclear activist, says he does science, but no one in the field agrees with him. I also believe I heard he got into trouble hawking a bogus radiation cure to people around fukishima.

You can get a PHD and still be a charlatan.

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Science versus Academia [View all] Boojatta Jan 2012 OP

I think of science as being more a process than anything else.. n/t Fumesucker Jan 2012 #1

I think the scientific method is the key d_r Jan 2012 #2

That's one part of it. Igel Jan 2012 #15

yes I would agree with you d_r Jan 2012 #18

"actually works of science" iff they are published in peer reviewed, scientific journals that are jody Jan 2012 #3

How much peer review are we talking about? Boojatta Jan 2012 #5

Peer review usually means several "blind referees" read a proposed article and judge whether it jody Jan 2012 #8

Not all journals are the same. Please visit "Journal Rankings", link below, and google "ranking jody Jan 2012 #9

No Confusious Jan 2012 #4

The publication in a peer-reviewed foum implies it is science independent of the authors CV cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #6

What about the CVs of the people who conduct the peer review of the paper? Boojatta Jan 2012 #7

Yes, as a predictive aide cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #10

Sorry for intruding but one might not know who reviewed an article. That's at the discretion jody Jan 2012 #11

What is "works of science"? FarCenter Jan 2012 #12

There is a rift between the two. napoleon_in_rags Jan 2012 #13

Wiki can be good. Igel Jan 2012 #14

Well that's exactly the thing, a good Wikipedia article is loaded with good citations. napoleon_in_rags Jan 2012 #16

Scholarshit vs. Scholarship... the eternal struggle... JCMach1 Jan 2012 #17