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From: cher@ihlpf.UUCP (Mike Cherepov)
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Subject: Re: Accuracy in Academia
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> The distance between data and
> conclusion is measured.  This
> is a scientific method.  You
> are a computer scientist.  Did
> you employ the scientific method?

It is unclear to me what your point is. I presume you do not believe
that I have the reason to dismiss "high percentage of Jews in USSR are 
doctors => Jews are influential in the USSR" as garbage. I explained
that being a doctor in the USSR does not means neither much infuence
nor much money. I also said that the conclusion contradicts some commonly
known facts (I can e-mail you a list). To me, this constitutes a sound proof.
This is as scientific an approach to analyzing qualitative judgements on
social matters as I have ever seen.
		Mike Cherepov (move it out of soc.college to talk.rumors?)