Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router

[Cerridwen]

112. And everyone responds according to their bias.

Those who can't be bothered to click links ask questions answered at the link.

Those who dismiss anything "out of hand" as "woo" based simplistically on the source, can't be bothered to drill down to the source of the article and instead lazily note the "woo" of the OP's linked article. BTW, to the OP, please do us all a favor and do your own "drill down" to the original article.

Those who are sure that science hasn't changed since high school, make note that this is not part of their "learned" (and outdated) science canon. Like high school football players reliving their glory days on the field, these people stuck in their "glory days" of science geek assure us that "everyone knows," "if God had meant man to fly He would have given him wings!"

Those who think knowledge is the domain of those above the age of ?? make note that "children" are incapable of "doing good science."

Those who think only "experts" are capable of intelligent thought and critical thinking use various forms of appeals to authority to note children/amateurs/not "scientists" can't possibly perform scientific research.

All miss that this experiment received international attention by....*gasp* experts in the field who will be taking this research to the next level.

Fortunately, many of the rest of us take knowledge where we find it; understand that "peer reviewed" included the Lancet who promoted andrew wakefield's less than, er, rigorous "science"; question the status-quo, yep, even in science; and appreciate those who would look beyond the accepted "wisdom" of, well, damned near anything, and question what "is" to ask, "what is possible?"


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