Re: "mind set"

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

ruth_weiner wrote:
> 
> Good discussion, Michael.  I would only add that, when presented with sound
> evidence contrary to a previously held belief, a scientist will "change his
> or her mind" pretty fast.
> 
> Ruth Weiner
> ruth_weiner@msn.com

Right! Like the LNT!?  HAHAHaHahahahaheehee
Keep 'em coming! :-)

Mike almost got his out with a straight face too!? 
Too much mirth in one afternoon.  :-)

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
Radiation, Science, and Health
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Stabin <stabin@npd.ufpe.br>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 6:13 AM
> Subject: "mind set"
> 
> >>
> >Interesting point here (well at least to me, I'm a geek).  The "mind set"
> of
> >scientists is formed in a completely different way than that of many other
> >groups.  We do not change our collective minds until something has been
> >proven, via the scientific method (a very well defined process), through
> >evidence and logic.  The scientific "mind set" changes in sweeping ways
> only
> >very rarely (e.g. the introduction of relativistic thinking in physics), in
> >moderate ways only with difficulty, and in smaller ways frequently.  This
> >does not imply that there are not biases, or resistence to valid new
> >thoughts at times.
> >
> >
> 
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