From: MarshaV (marshalz@i-2000.com)
Date: Sun Sep 05 2004 - 21:19:44 BST
At 12:13 PM 9/5/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>You're not saying physicists are sheep-like conformists who bow to the
>latest social tends, are you? You're not really saying that scientific facts
>are meaningless in forming public policies, are you? This is what it looks
>like to me and I certainly do not agree with it.
Sorry, I can't resist. Many, if not most, physicists respond to grants
from the universities, which has been funneled to them from the
DOD. Hypothesis can be chosen on the basis of how lucrative they will be
to that grant system.
MarshaV
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