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Re: MacRae & Myers: THE CHOICE IS YOUR'S!/\/\ (raven@kaiwan.com)21 Nov 1996 14:08:08 -0800
> >"Tom E. Morris" <tommorris@earthlink.net> wrote: > >>Ed: >>I have just recently read the contentious debates going on here. I am >>reminded of Carl Sagan's comment, "Extraordinary claims require >>extraordinary evidence." Until such evidence is presented in the form of a >>paper to a refereed journal (and not on the internet), I am only willing to >>consider much simpler explanations for your find. You may have indeed found >>something very interesting. But I would want to see all simpler hypotheses >>ruled out first before considering your claim. > >>Good luck, >>Tom Morris >>Fullerton College >>Fullerton, CA > >Thanks, Tom: >You're being openminded, fair and decent. >That's a switch (in these newsgroups). >I'd say there's plenty of evidence available at >http://www.access.digex.net/~medved/conrad/conmain.htm >to back up my big mouth. > >As for your suggestion that my specimens be subjected to >interpretation by a ``refereed" journral, I can only remind you >of the rather eloquent words of my late friend, Clayton Lennon. > >>> ``Remember, Ed, you're not only fighting >>> the man in the ring. You're fighting the referee >>> and the three judges." > >Tom, do you really think I'd get a fair and honest assessment of my >discoveries in a ``refereed" journal? That's the biggest joke of all. > >As for reminding me of Carl Sagan's comment, "Extraordinary claims >require extraordinary evidence," please inform Carl Sagan that HE >ought to practice what HE preaches. > >He's another turkey who's been gobbling greenbacks for years >at the trough of evolutionary horse manure and pseudo-science. > >Incidentally, there's no truth to the rumor that Carl Sagan is an >egomaniac who wears a Size 8 3/4 hat. His habberdasher once told me >-- in strictest confidence -- that he's only a Size 8 1/2.
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