Butterfly scandal?

[Ron Gatrelle]

The - other hand - is a tricky little devil isn't he. So is the weather!
Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gochfeld" <gochfeld at eohsi.rutgers.edu>
To: <Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca>; "'Ron Gatrelle'"
<gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
Cc: "'lepsl'" <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Butterfly scandal?


>
>
> On the other hand believing nothing because of lack of "proof" is what
> the Tobacco Industry has lobbied for years----and they don't seem to
> have trouble getting "scientists" to support their concept that "there
> is no proof" that smoking causes lung cancer.
>
> Maybe the phrase I learned decades ago: "be not the first to accept the
> new nor the last to leave the old behind" could serve as an analogy to
> when we gradually increase our belief in new information.
>
> Mike Gochfeld
>


 
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