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- From: dos@major.panix.com (Dave O'Shea)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Valid Space-related research...
- Message-ID: <P6PJwB1w165w@major.panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 08:33:00 EST
- References: <1992Dec28.085928.24557@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- gslars@staff.tc.umn.edu () writes:
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- > >have possibly made that last statement. Biosphere II is nothing but a
- > >big scam being financed by a Texas(?) millionaire family for political
- > >and personal gain. I challenge anyone to find ONE reputable scientist
- > >who thinks that it is a *real* scientific experiment.
- >
- > I'm wondering why there's so much negative energy about this
- > 'experiment'. Perhaps from the viewpoint of a university researcher
- > it's painful to see someone blow millions on a worthless pet project,
-
- I don't think it's that as much as the same disdain that astronomers
- must feel when someone confuses them with an astrologer. Real science is
- a little different from political showboating; the scientist goes in
- with data, and seeks a conclusion, while the politician goes in with a
- conclusion, and seeks data.
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- "To call something 'Public' is to define it as filthy, inefficient and
- dangerous. The public toilet is the epitome of social spending."
- - P.J. O'Rourke
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