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Re: A stronger will than mine.
Mark Hodges (ck061@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
2 May 1994 01:11:57 GMT
In a previous article, cm315c09@nova.umd.edu (5121 Student 09) says:
>Let's pretend I am a young, up-and-coming anthropologist, digging
>for fossils in the Rift Valley. I come across something that
>may show that man spent some time in the water.
>
>Knowing that the entire anthropology communittee will hold me
>in contempt, ridicule me, and label me a quack - what do I do?
>
>Having received my education in an environment of close-mindedness,
>defensiveness and one-upmanship - would I even be able to overcome
>my preconceptions to recognize the evidence before me?
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>Perhaps I would need to keep my ideas well hidden, until I have
>established myself as a notable scientist. After years of not
>upsetting the apple cart, maybe I could risk coming forward with
>anything less than an ape fossil with fins.
>
>
>I came to this newsgroup with an open mind. I have learned a
>great deal, but what I am really interested in is some reasonable
>description of human evolution. I can certainly understand why
>no one is willing to put forth their own such description - because
>they will be met not with reasonable discussion, but by passionate
>ridicule.
>
>I have little faith in any product of such an environment.
>
>David Greene
>cm315c09@nova.umd.edu
>
Whaaaaaat!!!????
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