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Old 10-06-2006, 08:25 AM   #104
Flint
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Originally Posted by Hippikos
Opposed to what you think, many scientists are not as objective as they should be...
That's why we have peer review. Bad science will be exposed and dis-credited.
The scientific community is a self-correcting system with an expansive web of checks and balances.

In order to for "science" to have a "bias" it would require a monolithic agreement among 100% of all scientists, to "pretend" to have proven something and "fool" the rest of us. That's a laughable premise. Occam's Razor...
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