Re: Too much pseudoscience on the Net

janette girod (jrgirod@ucdavis.edu)
Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:55:52 GMT

edconrad@sunlink.net (Ed Conrad) wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:16:30 GMT, gilgamesh@cyberconnect.com
>(Gilgamesh) wrote:

>>>>On Sat, 04 Jan 1997, Jakob Ulmschneider
>>>> wrote
>>>>>pseudoscience outnumbers real science by 10 to 1.
>>
>>Ed Conrad wrote:
>>>>Personally, I figure pseudoscience outnumbers real science by 100 --
>>>>maybe 1,000 -- to 1.
>>
>>The only true application of science is asking questions.
>>Regardless of what they are, or the outcome,
>>a question is always good science.
>>
>Close but no cigar, Professor Gilgamesh.
> A legitimate question is good science but only
>if it receives an honest answer.

And an appropriate, intelligent one. How far can honesty alone get a
man?