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From: Steve Coile
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:43
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>>>It's just one more lobby group trying to "educate" people to agree with
>>>its group's ideology. They smugly assert that their point of view is
>>>better than the public point of view. For them it is important to
>>>convert people to the ONE TRUE way of thinking in order to subvert
>>>democracy and replace it with the narrow views of their organization.
>> 
>> On this you're absolutely right:
>> it's a lobbying organization.
>> But there's no such thing as one
>> "public" point of view to which
>> you think it's opposed. At any
>> rate, inducing us scurry after you
>> trying to untwist your logic is
>> giving GREAT publicity to the
>> organization and its public
>> lecture event!
>
>Simply stated, this individual is just plain nuts.

Ad hominem attacks are neither informative nor helpful.

>If he was kind enough to provide his dissenting concepts, we could 
>probably shred him. As it is, he's trying to attack science without 
>attacking science. Science isn't an ideology or point of view; it's a 
>process of discovery and discussion. He doesn't seem to be interested in 
>either discussion nor discovery. In fact, he seems almost silly.

I've stated quite clearly what the problem is with having yet one
more special interest lobbying group screaming their opinion to a
public that doesn't need more would-be leaders telling them what to
think. It would help to have fewer voices and especially fewer elites
interfering with the natural process of democracy.

Science is a great thing for the laboratory. It is good at solving
scientific problems. May scientists discover and discuss wonderful things!

Science as politics is an abomination, as scientists like Einstein
demonstrate with their attempt to impose a scientific mindset on 
political problems. Scientists are good at methodical processes but
are poor thinkers when it comes to identifying sensible solutions
to the real problems we face.
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