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To: Lane3 who wrote (8698)	12/3/2010 10:05:03 AM
From: Oeconomicus	2 Recommendations Respond to of 10087

"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." Nothing to add. Just thought this bears repeating.

To: Lane3 who wrote (8698)	12/3/2010 11:23:24 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

<< Most "scientists" are in the soft sciences. Science doesn't have the rigor or integrity it once had.>> Come on! <<Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans. When the leanings of independents are considered, fully 81% identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, compared with 12% who either identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP.>> neogaf.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (8698)	12/3/2010 5:08:44 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10087

Science doesn't have the rigor or integrity it once had. It never, near universally, had the rigor many think it has. That probably also applies to integrity. Not a slam of science or scientists, its just they are put on so high of pedestal by some that no real world activity or collection of people could live up to the image. Science often involves ideas getting more support than they deserve, or being taken further than the deserve, because the ideas become fashionable or get supported by the internal politics withing science or withing specific scientific organizations. In some areas ideas also get influenced by politics from outside of science. That's not a good thing, but then its not an unusual wrong. Its just what happens in real-world human institutions.