Re: Expelled...not bad....anyone?

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> On Apr 20, 8:20=A0pm, Weirdwolf <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Ken McElhaney <mcelha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 20, 6:08=A0pm, Weirdwolf <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> Bert Hyman <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> >> John Iwaniszek <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> >>> He's a comedian, right?
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> > >> >> Ex-speech writer for Nixon and Ford as well.
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> > >> > Like the man said, a comedian.
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> > >> =A0I believe at one point his father was the cheif economic advisor
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> > >> Nixon I believe,(I read nixons memoirs of the presidency recently).
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> > >> knew nothing about the chap I was rather surprised to find that he
> > >> was the boring economics teacher in Ferris Buellers day off. I then
> > >> read some of his quotes on Woodward,Bernstein and "Deep Throat" if
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> > >> wasn't so scary it would be hilarious.
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> > > Well, if you had actually seen the film, you might realize his
> > > background in politics was right in line with the point of the film.
> > > Of course, if you wish to discount him on the basis of his education
> > > and background, you should also throw in Al Gore as well.
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> > I discounted him on neither of those things.It was purely an
expression
> > of surprise, I really did no nothing of this chap and it was
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> > to me that I was reading about his father a little while ago.Have you
> > read what he thought about Watergate?
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> I assume you mean Ben Stein's father? No, I don't really care about
> what he thinks about Watergate as it makes little difference. Sorta
> like asking what Bill Clinton's speechwriter's father thought about
> Monica Lewinski.

 Nope Ben Steins comments, he doubted that deep throat existed and=20
indicated that he believed despite the evidence to the contrary that he=20
was a fiction made up by W&B. Watergate interests me, I've read the W&B=20
books and Nixons memoirs.
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> > =A0HOWEVER his politics directly influences his view of science. This
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> > never a good idea, Lysenkoism is the best example of a political
> > viewpoint subverting the way science works with the only motivation
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> > whether it fitted into the dogma of the communist party rather than
the
> > evidence.
> > =A0An example of "best fit" I thought.:-)
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> Um...not quite, but hey if it works for you....:)

 Would you care to give me a better example. Political intervention=20
which is directly opposed to the research being done and without=20
scientific rigour in it's application seems pretty good to me.


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"I like the way you express yourself too, y'know, it's pithy yet=20
degenerate"
Woody Allen, Manhattan