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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:55 PM Original message |
Brookings Science ‘Expert’ Doesn’t Understand Basic Science |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. RW thinking(?) doesn't include science or real mathematics. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's not science when your conclusion can only be made |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Science Fiction is a favorite genre of RWers |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And it's also a favorite genre of Liberals & Progressives |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Sheesh. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Back at 'ya |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. It's true, Easterbrook is pretty clueless about science |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. oops, that was supposed to be a response to the OP n/t |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I read it anyway. .. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Tell them Heinlein supported Upton Sinclair for governor of California |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Science "specialists" in journalism in other fields... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you read his sports column |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think the author is over-exaggerating the omission of relativistic effects. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Uh huh ... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. And I thought I had problems with ADD and lack of focus. Clearly I should be at the Brookings Inst. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Apparently ... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I am suing you for the 3 IQ points I lost all the same. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Given the state of the economy ... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Cool. Send to: G. W. Bush, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. HST? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Hunter S. Thompson ... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I'm sort of a fan of Easterbrook's football writing |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. You'd think this was about something serious, rather than talking obvious crap about sci-fi |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He's an idiot? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. What are you concerned about? That an undergraduate will reference ESPN when working out sub-atomic |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Never mind ... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. Without even reading the article... |
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