[MD] Science Wars

[Platt Holden]

> Ultimately Marsha, yes trust. Reading intent into what people (even
> scientists) say and do, supported by experience at the touch points we
> do have access to, and by second hand trust (or authority) if that's
> all we can get. Even with "direct" experience we need to beware
> illusions and psychological "tricks".
> 
> A competitive self-interested market view of every situation sure doesn't
> help.
> Ian

I wonder what the alternative to the free market might be. A syndicate of 
SOM intellectuals perhaps? God help us.

Platt