tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283797880847544275.post6815893843061267367..comments2023-05-12T02:44:24.858-05:00Comments on Healthy Gopher: Impure Thinking leads to TreasonGopher MPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04164727896040737732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283797880847544275.post-41740389965253196962009-10-26T21:15:10.229-05:002009-10-26T21:15:10.229-05:00It's not just the glacial speed. I find the i...It's not just the glacial speed. I find the identification of The Opposition as Traitors to be intriguing. Horrible, but intriguing. A friend, who is an epidemiologist working with large animal diseases, when last I heard, was not convinced about what "everyone else accepted" as the causative agent of mad cow disease / BSE / etc. It can be challenging to stand against the scientific flow, especially when you are a respected scientist. I met someone at a lecture last year who doesn't believe in global warming. This was a professor who is a scientist, who is probably 70-80, and highly respected. He walked out of the lecture, according to him, a little more persuaded, but definitely not convinced. It was educational for the students, I think, to see in action respect combined with utter disagreement.<br /><br />It also should - one would hope - drive home the fact that just because everyone else believes it doesn't mean you have to. However, if you don't, you ought to have a scientifically sound reason not to.Gopher MPHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04164727896040737732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283797880847544275.post-26091026284697142852009-10-24T16:36:11.132-05:002009-10-24T16:36:11.132-05:00Yeah, but change moves at a glacial pace whenever ...Yeah, but change moves at a glacial pace whenever human beings need to do something together, i.e. all countries work together on this. Too bad global warming couldn't melt THAT particular glacier and speed up the change to complete cooperation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com