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fishwax
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Thu Dec-15-05 04:14 PM
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<< was not and is not considered valid science, regardless of the credentials of the people pushing it. >>
Much of it was pretty much accepted as scientific fact at the time, so I can't agree with the "was not" part of that statement. Stephen Jay Gould's book The Mismeasure of Man addresses that aspect of science history pretty well.
btw, welcome to DU BlueLady :hi:
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