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To: koan who wrote (8696)	12/3/2010 9:55:06 AM
From: Lane3	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10087

When 80% of scientists who are trained, like doc's, to use all their tools to check for truth and apply logic pick one party over another, there is a reason! Physicians have a skill set and a lot of stored information. They are not trained to be thinkers. Most "scientists" are in the soft sciences. Science doesn't have the rigor or integrity it once had. If I were silly enough to pick a side based on which professions were most strongly represented, I'd go with the economists. They have the greatest probability of rational thought, seems to me.

To: koan who wrote (8696)	12/3/2010 5:02:35 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

It is not simplistic at all. It is a matter of statistics. "A matter of statistics" does not equal or imply "not simplistic at all". Use of statistics can directly be simplistic, or the statistics can be used to inform a very simplistic argument. "Scientists lean to the left, therefore 'liberals' are more logically thinking people", is either a simplistic and weak argument or its a very incomplete one. Because the more right you move the lower accurate processing of information that takes place. Easy to see if you look. Easy to claim, or even falsely believe, but not well connected to reality or supported by any of your arguments.