Hi Ric, > Many, if not most, of the scientific > blunders through time have their roots in ... shall we say > overconfidence... and / or overestimation of the scope of actual > knowledge at any given time. With all due respect, it's more in the application than in the pure science, that overconfidence abounds. Scientists eat a lot of humble pie on a daily basis, so it's hard for them to get overconfident. We're actually pretty well grounded in reality. The folks who grab their findings and promote them overzealously, without a bit of understanding of the issues surrounding them, are the folks who make the biggest blunders. We're simply the ones who get blamed for it. ;-) And by the way, they're not scientists, for the most part. They're "pop scientists." There's a huge difference. For instance, scientists are the ones who discovered laterality of cortical function. Pop scientists are the ones who go around labeling folks as "left brain" and "right brain." <gag> > But just so... we've had a few rounds and find ourselves not able to > agree on the point at hand... and hey... !! who says we need too ?? We > just need to stay happy. Can I buy you a beer now ?? Sure... But could you make that a large glass of Coke, with *lots* of ice? ;-) Peace, Sarah
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