02-11-2014, 12:35 AM
(02-11-2014, 12:31 AM)zenmaster Wrote: Well if a scientist is doing the criticism from a professional position, then you can be sure that they'd have to back it up. And all the info would be available to vet by anyone. If they are doing to criticism from a personal position, then it's not about science, but rather something like philosophy or morality.
Exactly why the general term "scientist" as it is used is quite misleading.