From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Tue Jan 30 2001 - 23:42:00 MST
At 09:18 PM 1/30/01, you wrote:
>Sorry, but that sounds like an empty catchphrase to me.
Sorry, your response tells me nothing.
> To put it bluntly, I think the "studies" quoted in the article are
massaged/made-up to
> make a point and thereby further corporate/political/interest-group
agendas. Propaganda, > bought and paid for. A media cliche, meaningless.
The numbers may not be accurate. But they are certainly not wildly far off.
I taught college-level students for years and was continually appalled at
their utter ignorance of science and reasoning skills.
Max
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