Either the world is flat or it is not. Who paid for the research is not really important.
As to bias, let me think......is a researcher that finds a new way to scare the world about global warming more likely to get his grant approved than someone who predicts that everything is going to be alright?
Of course there is a bias in the research and it is small potatoes compared to the bias of the oil lobbies.
Joe J.
This article an example of why I still love/.
"News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
This is exactly the type of article that will not make to the front pages of reddit, digg, et al. Why? Because it say some unpopular things and who is going to upmod unpopular articles?
This is where I can trust a thinking brain (or in this case a handful of brains) more than I can trust the masses.
Thanks/.
Joe J.
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Either the world is flat or it is not. Who paid for the research is not really important. As to bias, let me think... ...is a researcher that finds a new way to scare the world about global warming more likely to get his grant approved than someone who predicts that everything is going to be alright?
Of course there is a bias in the research and it is small potatoes compared to the bias of the oil lobbies.
Joe J.
This article an example of why I still love /.
"News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
This is exactly the type of article that will not make to the front pages of reddit, digg, et al. Why? Because it say some unpopular things and who is going to upmod unpopular articles?
This is where I can trust a thinking brain (or in this case a handful of brains) more than I can trust the masses.
Thanks /.
Joe J.