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14. Scientists and "Skeptics" can be just as fundamentalist and hidebound as any Creationist or Jihadist

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:18 PM

Feb 2012

Especially when funding and reputation are involved.

Not a fan of "scientists" and "skeptics", but give me a scientist or a skeptic any day.

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