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- From: gsh7w@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
- Subject: Re: "What's New" July-24-1992
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.012628.4238@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <1992Jul28.235639.2933@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Jul29.001551.3229@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Jul29.010055.3863@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 01:26:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.010055.3863@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- # NIH is being forced to fund study into chiropractry(?) along with the
- # other 'alternative medicine' approaches.
-
- "Forced"? I would consider such studies to be good. Surgeons don't
- have a monopoly in how to help people get better. Alternative methods,
- which are probably less expensive than "mainstream" medicine are good
- things if they are effective.
-
- # As far as astrology goes, I'd think that such widespread antiscientific
- # beliefs would be of great interest to those in the APS apparently
- # interested in scientific purity.
-
- Yea, those astrologers might be after our vital bodily fluids. Come on
- Dale, this is farther then even you normally stretch a point. I have
- seen letters from the APS to newspapers asking them to put disclaimers
- on horoscopes.
-
- # Also, I'm sure such base things as dollars never come into consideration
- # of certain members of the APS when things like the integrity of science
- # come into play. After all, we have been told many times that the APS
- # is not against SSF because of the competition for money, just because
- # 'it is not science'.
-
- Well the only person who says that dollars never come into
- consideration is you, so you get little credit from knocking down your
- own strawman.
-
- As for the space station not being science, read todays Post and
- you'll see that Goldin's article has the first 4 non-introductory
- paragraphs being the scientific return of SSF. If Goldin is going to
- make "scientific" return the number 1 thing he talks about, it is
- quite fair to point out it ain't much science to be done, and the
- budget is better spent in other programs.
-
-
-
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