[MD] Faith/Skepticism

[MarshaV]

At 09:52 AM 3/3/2009, you wrote:
>Marsha
>Science is not an independent entity.  Who does science for its own
>sake these days?  Are you a gentlemen scientist?  I don't think
>so.  The underpinnings of science are corporate, economic, and
>political, all driven by the profit margin.  Of course you might add
>hubris to the list of supports.
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>[Krimel]
>Science has suffered tragically for the past eight years under an
>administration whose central theme seems to have been, "we were told there
>would be no math..." Pure research has typically been funded by the federal
>government at the university level. That it has not been adequately funded,
>is a serious problem that the new administration seems committed to
>correcting. (It is soooooo refreshing to have smart people in charge for a
>change.) But again the problems are political not scientific. Of course
>science is not independent but the problems that you bitch about are not
>scientific, they are, as I keep trying to tell you, political, economic and
>philosophical. Try to keep up, will you?

Krimel,

Science is not an independent entity!!!  And it is not the ideal of 
dreamers like you!!!


Marsha


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