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To: Lane3 who wrote (8736)	12/4/2010 1:39:08 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) of 10087

<<It is a fallacy to generalize from the quality of thinking of a scientist when he is doing science to when he is operating in other arenas, such as politics. It is also not very scientific, that is, it doesn't not sufficiently account for variables, to not differentiate among the sciences. Your notion also confuses correlation with causation. Tsk, tsk. >> You make a good point about confusing correlation with causation. And you are correct I cannot really defend that per se. What I can defend is that there are two populations, whatever the reasons. And I can guess the causes. In one group (conservatives) most people do not believe in evolution and in the other group (liberals) almost all of them do believe in evolution. YOu will find few scientists who do not believe in evolution. So why would they be in a party where most of the people don't beleive in evolution. The scientists would see they do not understand basic biology or basic knowledge. So what else do they not understand? The rest of your post deals with the human condition which you do not seem aware of? E.g. scientists do the best they can to check their findings with "peer review".

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