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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Science: from specialization to incompetence
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Date: Sat, 12-Oct-85 13:20:54 EDT
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>>    I recently encountered the height of unscientific arrogance in the
>>    quotes below from B.F. Skinner:  [ etc. ]   [ELLIS]

> I hope it is not overlooked that the work of twisted minds
> such as Skinner's is not idle speculation confined safely to 
> the laboratory, but rather a grand experiment in which we
> are all the subjects (victims). Naive parents read that
> so-called experts advocate certain practices and
> inflict same on their poor children ... (do we really
> want someone who claims we don't exist running our lives?)
> 
> (I should qualify the above by saying that I have been biased
> against Skinner for many years.)  [ucbvax!usenet ????]

I hadn't noticed.  With such a magnificent summarizing statement, it is
obvious that you are a "scientist" and not one of those dreadful "Rosenists"
(as described in the headings of 110% of the articles in this newsgroup) who
"attack" all the things we happen to believe because of such biases.  (Quotes
most necessary.)
-- 
Meanwhile, the Germans were engaging in their heavy cream experiments in
Finland, where the results kept coming out like Swiss cheese...
				Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr