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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:19 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you understand what Peer Reviewed Science is? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. It means Bush is right and EVERYONE else is wrong. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. The "650" papers... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. I'm sure you're right - there are far more than 650 papers |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. It's in reference to peer reviewed articles published in scientific journals |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. The problem is the word "proven" |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Same here -- it is still a "theory" -- but "theory" has a lot more stability |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I struggled with the word "proven" and decided to take it out |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Dammit I already voted "Other" on a technicality lol. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I wish I had thought that through better the first time |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Well, you can now count my "other" in the No. 1 choice. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. So are you saying the theory of gravity has not been proven? nt |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Actually, all that has been "proven" is that gravity can't NOT exist -- |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Bad choice |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. not like Pythagorus |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. That's why I picked "other." |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Science disproves things.. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. there is no direct distinction between "theory" and "proven science" |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Statisticaly it's "proven". The probability that mankind is contributing to |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Evolution is still a theory |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. "Still a theory" implies that you're using the conjecture definition of theory. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. It means the pros and cons, i.e. the strengths and weaknesses, of |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Science does not PROOVE anything. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You are right, I took out the word proven. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thank you. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's still a theory |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You are right, I didn't think through my answers. Thanks nt |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yup. People often confuse Theory for a hypothesis. n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Actually, GW is an observed phenomenon. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. This means there is a consensus in the community. It would be bad science, |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Peer-Reviewed simply means it's the concensus of the |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. 2+2=4 is just a theory. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Mathematics, unlike science, is not based upon empirical observation. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Math is a branch of Logic. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. most scientists I know can't agree on what to have for lunch ... |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. this needed to be asked |
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Taoschick (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And is your degree |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Deleted message |
Taoschick (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Do NOT call me an asshole |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. LOL it's a disingenuous question you asked |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. It wasn't a "simple" question, it was a condescending, asshole-ish question. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
31. Considering I live with a scientist |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sure. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. There is also a growing body of |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. If 650 Peer Reviewed Scientists agree, then ... |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Comparing peer-reviewed science to scientology |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #54 |
65. My bad. I must have forgotten the smilie ... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. I thought it meant that there should be less partisan bickering... |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
36. Thanks for making those of us who voted before the change in phraseology look stupid. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
39. It's like the "theory" of evolution. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Evolution is not a theory. Natural Selection is. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. It means that all scientists are faithless, godless heathens! n/t |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. very simple answer to that one, expressed on TDS, IIRC: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. Minor nitpick, theories cannot be proven, only disproven |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. Speaking as someone who actually peer reviews... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Quite a service you do |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. To continue |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. "The process doesn't necessarily include a notion of reproducibility" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Ah. So you know that good stuff hasn't been declined? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I've never declined anything good |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Huh? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. uh |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. What field are you in? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. lmao @ option 2 nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. These are 650 different research papers, right? Not just cross linked to each other? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
58. Peer Reviewed simply means it has been reviewed by peers - |
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Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. There is a paper I found... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
61. Another choice: "I'd rather have a beer with Bush!" |
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