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hootinholler

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8. Way to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:02 PM

Oct 2012

I'm sure that there are climate change deniers who can do the same thing with the article. Perhaps you can get past one picayune detail which has no real relevance to the overall story, read the entire article and then let us know how SciAm has turned to crap.

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An incredibly thought provoking Scientific American article about science and politics... [View all] hootinholler Oct 2012 OP

Looks like a great article. Is it pro-viking? Quantess Oct 2012 #1

It's certainly not anti-Norse hootinholler Oct 2012 #5

:)) n/t JackN415 Oct 2012 #7

Thanks for that great link, hoot! hifiguy Oct 2012 #2

High school physics shows why it's impossible for cell phones to cause brain cancer? wtmusic Oct 2012 #3

Way to throw the baby out with the bathwater. hootinholler Oct 2012 #8

You would have to know the old SciAm. wtmusic Oct 2012 #10

I suppose having read it regularly for the mid '70s to the mid 90's doesn't count then. hootinholler Oct 2012 #13

It's encouraging that they didn't mention extraterrestrials anywhere in the first paragraph. nt wtmusic Oct 2012 #15

Well nowhere did he mention gravity waves either hootinholler Oct 2012 #17

A friend of mine was a young oncologist marions ghost Oct 2012 #21

Using the word "impossible" is the fairly predictable signature of a scientific poseur. wtmusic Oct 2012 #22

Excellent article--thank you-- marions ghost Oct 2012 #23

Bookmarking for later read LongTomH Oct 2012 #4

SCIENCE! tk2kewl Oct 2012 #6

Great Catch. littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #9

Absolutely a great article ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #11

Actually it should be when opinions carry the same weight as facts or something similar hootinholler Oct 2012 #18

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #19

Empiracism back from the grave d_r Oct 2012 #12

Thought provoking but far from good science. It draws a false equivalency attributing Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #14

An interesting take on it. hootinholler Oct 2012 #16

Monsanto, Dow, Raytheon, DuPont, all the oil companies, GE, ad infinitum, have Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #20