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whatchamacallit

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21. Your flaccid scientism is noted

Reply to zappaman (Reply #20)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 09:25 PM

Sep 2013

This is probably beyond your grasp, but science is not immutable. It is rarely settled, and not something you can claim to own simply by picking an interpretation of phenomena that suits a preferred outcome.

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Your flaccid scientism is noted whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #21

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