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I'd argue for agriculture and health advances/benefits which make the
others possible. Hard to see how the hungry or ill could achieve much; and
then there is the shear joy of discovery of interactions of living things
in ways we could never imagine. I bet there are cases in other sciences
that mimic the joy I get from biological discoveries.

Martin
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]
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> This is a interesting discussion thread. The great mystery is that which
> unfolds before us.  Our greatest need is, perhaps certainty in action and
> direction.  It's a tension universal to all life forms at some level.
>
> I think we ought to quit referring to science as a "thing." It's a process
> defined and refined by accepted and agreed upon practices.
>
> Old beliefs die hard and persist for a multitude of reasons, but mostly
> because they sorta work well enough to get us through, and most of us don't
> need much more than that--for better or worse.  (Please understand, I'm not
> advocating ignorance and un-enlightenment.) Just stating the case.
>
> The material and economic benefits derived from behavior and economics
> based upon scientific theory is perhaps the proccess's  greatest asset.
>
> Charlie
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> > This is all very interesting and I am surprised that bias has not been
> > mentioned and I dare not. This is far more interesting than discussing
> how
> > politics can distort perceptions of science (if they knew anything about
> > the topics to begin with). Rubio and the age of Earth, the bozos who
> don't
> > understand female biology or evolution or climate change deniers are at
> the
> > level of misunderstanding we are dealing with.
> >
> > Martin
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