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Old 31-05-2006, 11:05 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
riverman
 
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Default Collaborative wiki - botanists needed


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I am a physicist. Why would you say that?


Disagreement and debate being a core element of the scientific method. The
OP is expecting to get "get true and reliable facts", but afaik, scientists
aren't in the business of finding facts. We're in the business of
discovering new questions.

Its this expectation that science provides 'true facts' that makes people
think science is discreditable when old ideas are replaced with new ones.

--riverman