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I actually agree with Brian -- I over-reacted to what I considered the
patronizing tone of John Clement's email. The "Know-It-All" was uncalled
for. Even "the-pony-rider" was a bit over the top. My apology.
But the rest of my message stands. Here are a few basic links in
response to John Mallinckrodt's request for more information about cases
of recent failed scientific consensus. Primary sources can be followed
from there as needed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/science/09tier.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/science_and_pseudoscience_in_adult_nutrition_research_and_practice/
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/magazine/16epidemiology-t.html?_r=2&sq=Taubes%20health%20September%2016&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print
Ze'ev
On 12/31/2013 5:30 PM, brian whatcott wrote:
On 12/31/2013 1:07 PM, Ze'ev Wurman wrote:
It was a perfectly nice thread until John "Know-It-All" Clement chose/snip/
to climb on his beloved wooden pony yet again.
I must have been hanging out on this list since the 20th century - but
I cannot recall such a casual name calling episode. So I took a
look at the perpetrator's bio, and it seems quite respectable - you
might say distinguished by his government service to a previous
administration. A programmer (though this tag is out of fashion any
more) who is also active in state debates concerning educational
matters.
Clements has been a consistent voice for evidence based approaches to
teaching for years. Not sure yet what consistent theme Wurman
embraces - give it another ten years?
Brian Whatcott Altus OK
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