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Aaah smibbo, now you're getting on to something completely different: Concision.

The idea is that in order to conform to commercial platforms (i.e. breaks and ads) the only thing you can get across in a short period of time is something that the audience is already familiar with. For example, it's a much easier thing for people to understand for me to say for example, Osama bin Laden is a baddie. If I were to say, "Well actually Osama is really just a man fighting for his country to blah blah blah" then the audience is gonna go "wtf???" and then I will need to explain my new, radical point of view, which takes time...

If you are trying to get across a new idea, there is simply not enough time to explain it to the audience and so the news networks will only get peopl on that they know can be concise and not say anything that has not been heard and explained to their audience a 1000 times...

P.S. The Osama example is just that. Don't want to get flamed...

Michael Shermer work on acupuncture has been belligerent. in general he uses science as a way to vent his frustrations. he seems up tight and kind of a know it all. i know some one who sent him an e mail. this guy pointed how flawed and outdated Shermer views on acupuncture were. kind of funny ...

first science is a vague word. i think political science is important. and i like when nome chomsky backs up what he says with facts. sure other types of science can be useful.


"nothing in science is absolute". this is the rule that every one forgets when so involved in there studies to "save man kind." it gets old.
dont tell drug companies that there drugs are less then perfect because that will fuck up sales. if nothing is perfect, why do i have to use gold standard to justify everything. science has saved lives and it also kills people. the american medical association is second only the Catholic church in the bigest corporation ever.
if it doesn't sell it wont get funded . this is a big flaw. so i look else were. they can do as they wish but i will not worship there theories on what is right and wrong.

and the state of science seems to be lame in that new=radical views that DO follows scientific method are considered a joke because of big bucks. if people stand up challenge something it could be they get the ax at the job. everyone in the end has to follow what the man tells you or you are out = no work. in other words i see a dogma here.

another reason why i think its good to go beyond science you can be as logical as you want just remember some things are never absolute. like on star trek where science have given them so much ability . is it usually human nature that saves the day?