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Hi. I'm a nuclear physicist/chemist/computer programmer who is sensitive to the destruction of the philosophy of science. I joined this group to lobby for the elimination of phrases like "I believe" and "I don't think that...". They are fine for spiritual discussions but don't (IMHO) belong in any scientific discussion.

Bush is partially responsible, with his disbelief in global warming and placing non-scientists on important panels and editing of reports. All scientists need to fight this trend wherever they can.

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I joined this group to lobby for the elimination of phrases like "I believe" and "I don't think that...".

 

I believe you're joking. I don't think that science should suffer from the censorship of common phrases. Good science is good science regardless.

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I am not arguing for the censorchip of common phrases, but merely the substitution of beliefs for good science, as our dear leader does. "I believe that the experiment is flawed" is not acceptible. "The experiment is flawed because the wrong statistic was used", e.g., is much better.

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I guess in actuallity what you are trying to say, is there should be more, "let's check to see if that is right", and less, "I don't think so, but I'm not going to do the research to back up my thoughts."

 

If this is what you are asking for, I whole heartedly agree, but I don't think that is simply a facet of science, but of all life. If we have formed opinions on an issue, then they should be backed up by data.

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I guess in actuallity what you are trying to say, is there should be more, "let's check to see if that is right", and less, "I don't think so, but I'm not going to do the research to back up my thoughts."

 

If this is what you are asking for, I whole heartedly agree, but I don't think that is simply a facet of science, but of all life. If we have formed opinions on an issue, then they should be backed up by data.

 

no I agree with what you said!

 

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