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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:54 AM Original message |
Poll question: What is your general attitude toward science? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Other: |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. + 2.35 billion |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. science itself invoke no feeling in me so i said neutral |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. What in the Sam Hell do all those experts know about anything? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:15 AM Original message |
LOL-- but on a more serious note, scientists are best not thought of as "experts...." |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. I believe GLADOS speaks for me. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Science Is What I Prefer to Religion |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. exactly precisely |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've always loved Science, even when I was very young n/t |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. fair disclosure-- I'm an academic scientist.... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Science and Scientific Method are very important tools in our toolbox |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. This poll is not very scientific nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. . |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Depends on who is paying the scientists! n/t |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Ideally, I would have said: Pos. w/ some very serious reservations. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. I'd argue that's not science, really.... |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. I agree with you, actually. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. The only reason our lifespan is more than 30 years is because of science. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. There are folks who think humanity is, in and of itself, evil. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't like mad (irresponsible) scientists |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Too bad you missed the "moon bombing" fun, around here. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. i missed that one |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I found it & Yes. Moon Bombing is precisely the stuff I am talking about! Get this: |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thought so. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. "bunch" is a funny word, isn't it? |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. yes - rather borgish |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. Now... is the borg a he or a she, I wonder? |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. heavy |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Damned perceptive, I'd say. |
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Shrek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Also a verb n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I don't like one that rob graves and make monsters out of the body parts. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Clones and Zombies... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I dont like archaeologists that hand the Ark of the Covenant over to Nazis |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. i understand but that is a different topic |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No, it's about fictional characters. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. lol - I used to think that too |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. What happened? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. LOL, then I am probably evil incarnate to you. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. depends- what do you do? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I'm a biotech major! |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Well good luck, and I hope your research is used to good ends |
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Beringia (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. It is a tool |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. What other modes of understanding? |
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Beringia (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Well |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Right brain means intuition, rather than linear, "logical" thought. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I've heard lots of crap about left brain and right brain. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Very Positive. ... But what is the point of this poll? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. No. It's just a random poll. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Oh well in that case |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. my reservations are about how we've used it to rape the Earth and .. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think the universe is a fascinating place. I love learning about it. I love trying to find answers |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. She blinded me with science! |
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Robert DAH Bruce (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Me too! |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Science is necessary, as is spirituality. In fact, they are starting to |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. I trust science because even if we are wrong there is a system to correct it |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. Love it |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. Science = Reality. Religion = Fantasy. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That's funny. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I actually know scientists. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. I know, I was being simplistically epigraphic. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm a scientist. I leave the rest to you. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
55. Scientists don't cling to a theory once it's proven |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
56. I think it's evil and must be stopped at all costs. |
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