The Virtues Of Science Are

The Virtues Of Science Are Skepticism And Independence Of Thought.

I Am Afraid That Those Comments Go Back To The Late 80's. At That Time I Was A Skeptic - The Argument Based On Koch's Postulates To Try To Distinguish Between Cause And Association. Today I Would Regard The Success Of The Many Antiviral Agents Which Lower The Virus Titers (to Be Expected) And Also Resolve The Failure Of The Immune System (only Expected If The Virus Is The Cause Of The Failure) As A Reasonable Proof Of The Causation Argument .

Scientists Tend To Be Skeptical, But The Weakness Of The Community Of Science Is That It Tends To Move Into Preformed Establishment Modes That Say This Is The Only Way Of Doing Science, The Only Valid View.

We Haven't Been Able Yet To Determine In Terms Of Genes What Makes A Human Being A Human And Not Another Mammal.

Everyone Wants A Hand In The Outcome, A Piece Of The Knowledge.