[Vision2020] NSA's accrediting agency is not recognized in Texas

[Andreas Schou]

On Dec 21, 2007 7:58 PM, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>  Joe Campbell leaps to the fringe again - thin ice for sure.
>
>  Gary Crabtree made two simple statements:
>
>  1. "As if good scientists made up their own data in the laboratory!"
>
>  2. "Why the very notion that data might be faked  by Scientists must be
>  preposterous."
>
>  Neither statement could be reasonably argued that Crabtree was asserting
> that all science was fudged.  Nor can he be accused, legitimately, of
> arguing for the hypothesis that given the 10 links provided as examples of
> false science, he is making a claim that all science is fudged.
>
>  Cynical - yes; sarcastic - absolutely; skeptical - right on.
>
>  Another example of Joe Campbell arguing the straw man.
>
>  Gary Crabtree is right in the context of his post.  Science can be trusted,
> as long as it is verified.  Replication upon replication is essential - and
> the more a scientific result challenges a paradigm, the more necessary is
> the verification.
>
>  An interesting point - note that Joe Campbell states:
> The history of science is extensive and glorious. The case for evolution
> theory is great, also, which is why the number of biologists working in the
> area who reject it can be counted on one hand. It would take a billion
> examples to prove Gary Crabtree's point, and I don't see that coming any
> time soon. Anyone want to bet that more than 5 scientists (biologists) can
> be found that reject evolution theory?  I would have thought that Joe
> Campbell would be more careful with his unfounded assertions.

Jeff --

Sure. There're probably five. Could you find me a peer-reviewed
article in a scientific journal that rejects the premise of evolution?
(Hint: you won't find one, for the same reason you won't find a
peer-reviewed article that rejects the premise of anthropogenic global
warming.)

-- ACS