Comments on: Settled Science http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SCOTTtheBADGER http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/comment-page-1/#comment-465080 SCOTTtheBADGER Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:08:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12703#comment-465080 COAST TO COAST AM saya that the Earth's magnetic field will reverse poles in December 2012, because the Mayans said so. If you can't trust COAST TO COAST, who can you trust COAST TO COAST AM saya that the Earth’s magnetic field will reverse poles in December 2012, because the Mayans said so. If you can’t trust COAST TO COAST, who can you trust

]]> By: David Curp http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/comment-page-1/#comment-465073 David Curp Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:17:16 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12703#comment-465073 What is striking about "settled science" is how it too often functions as code for "don't you dare raise questions, peasant." When I encounter a holocaust-denying student (not too frequently but it does happen) who is simply misinformed (as opposed to those who are straight-up anti-Semitic - it doesn't take that long to figure it out) I just start laying out the evidence. A good scholar in the sciences or the humanities doesn't just appeal to authority (though that can be part of the mix) - the few real locked-down-issues have enough data behind them that if one is not dealing with the invincibly ignorant you just show the proofs. What is striking about “settled science” is how it too often functions as code for “don’t you dare raise questions, peasant.” When I encounter a holocaust-denying student (not too frequently but it does happen) who is simply misinformed (as opposed to those who are straight-up anti-Semitic – it doesn’t take that long to figure it out) I just start laying out the evidence. A good scholar in the sciences or the humanities doesn’t just appeal to authority (though that can be part of the mix) – the few real locked-down-issues have enough data behind them that if one is not dealing with the invincibly ignorant you just show the proofs.

]]> By: steveH http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/comment-page-1/#comment-465037 steveH Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:21:43 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12703#comment-465037 Helicobacter pylori. About half the population has it in their innards, and nobody knows why it causes ulcers in some people, and not in most everyone else. And it seems that certain bismuth compounds suppress it pretty well; a famous pink nostrum actually worked. Current treatments tend toward various H2 blockers and proton-pump inhibitors (and antibiotics), but while you're waiting for your prescriptions to be filled, it can help you feel better. Helicobacter pylori. About half the population has it in their innards, and nobody knows why it causes ulcers in some people, and not in most everyone else.

And it seems that certain bismuth compounds suppress it pretty well; a famous pink nostrum actually worked.

Current treatments tend toward various H2 blockers and proton-pump inhibitors (and antibiotics), but while you’re waiting for your prescriptions to be filled, it can help you feel better.

]]> By: dumm http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/comment-page-1/#comment-464941 dumm Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:46:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12703#comment-464941 Yeah! outlaw the pich!! Yeah! outlaw the pich!!

]]> By: Bill K. http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/comment-page-1/#comment-464675 Bill K. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12703#comment-464675 A fascinating thing happened in our private university science department today. Despite this being all over the net, three faculty members next door to me didn't even know what I was referring to when a friend and I started talking about the Hadley CRU. Need I mention who they all voted for? If even PhDs (a chemist, botanist, & geologist) who claim interest in current events are ignorant of this, doesn't it say something scary about how news is spread and how it's filtered? <i>It doesn't think anything we don't want it to think... </i> Ray Bradbury, <i> Fahrenheit 451</i> A fascinating thing happened in our private university science department today. Despite this being all over the net, three faculty members next door to me didn’t even know what I was referring to when a friend and I started talking about the Hadley CRU.
Need I mention who they all voted for? If even PhDs (a chemist, botanist, & geologist) who claim interest in current events are ignorant of this, doesn’t it say something scary about how news is spread and how it’s filtered?
It doesn’t think anything we don’t want it to think… Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

]]> By: Joe in N. Calif http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/01/settled-science/comment-page-1/#comment-464565 Joe in N. Calif Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:56:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12703#comment-464565 LOL, just like we know there is no gravity, everything sucks ;-) LOL, just like we know there is no gravity, everything sucks ;-)

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