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Never did understand what, if anything, was wrong with heresy/ =
=E2=80=9CWhy?=E2=80=9D/ =E2=80=9CWhy not?=E2=80=9D/ =E2=80=9CHow do you =
know?=E2=80=9D
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There are times, particularly in times of urgency, when addressing =
issues, using best-known-best practices must take precedence, but that =
doesn=E2=80=99t invalidate the questioning.
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(Ain=E2=80=99t this fun? J)
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David Webster
Sent: May 2, 2020 3:19 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Covid-19 data - Tracking covid-19 excess deaths =
across countries | Graphic detail | The Economist
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Hi John and All,
True, the so called 'soft sciences' are deformable but even physics =
has pitfalls. There were many 'final' answers to explain how the Crooks =
radiometer works and that is a very simple mechanism. You can take it =
apart change vanes in various ways; etc.
Thus, in the face of "undeniable proof", I refuse to accept an =
expanding universe. Space has many "clouds" of atoms, molecules, ions =
and particles. So the probability of a photon being absorbed by =
something and then emitted at a longer wavelength can be expected to =
increase as distance between the source and observer increases.=20
Any Physicist who suggested that such heresy should be investigated =
would be Hubbleized out of the inner sanctum and ,at the very least, =
have his funds cut off. But all things come in their time.
YT, Dave W. Kentville
On 5/2/2020 2:19 PM, John and Nhung wrote:
Some of the =E2=80=9Csocial scientists=E2=80=9D CBC seems inclined to =
interview are certainly given to amazing leaps of logic, such that =
=E2=80=9Cscientist=E2=80=9D shouldn=E2=80=99t be part of their titles. =
The hypotheses that said =E2=80=9Csome=E2=80=9D advance are plausible =
and the questions they raise are important, but their tendencies to =
assert their hypotheses as certitude rub me the wrong way. =20
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But I digress =E2=80=A6 J
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David Webster
Sent: May 2, 2020 1:43 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Covid-19 data - Tracking covid-19 excess deaths =
across countries | Graphic detail | The Economist
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Thanks Patrick,
I especially enjoyed "This sales technique, reminiscent of =
pre-Reformation Catholicism, is not surprising in a publication named =
after the social science most given to wild guesses and imaginary facts =
presented in the guise of inevitability and exactitude. "
It reminded me of the 60's saying "If all economists were laid end =
to end they would all point in different directions." Which in turn led =
to "If all the girls from Redacted College were laid end to end I =
wouldn't be surprised".
Dave W. Kentville
On 5/2/2020 12:29 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist=20
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Look under =E2=80=9Ceditorial anonymity=E2=80=9D and you will see why =
they have always taken the approach that they do.
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Pat
Sent from my iPad
On May 2, 2020, at 12:23 PM, David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie.
Hi Mary &All,
Thanks for posting this.
Over time I have received several complementary issues of The
Economist but never subscribed because all of the articles were
anonymous. Has this changed ?
Dave, Kentville
On 5/2/2020 10:47 AM, Mary Macaulay wrote:
This article may be approaching the scientific data people are looking =
for. As always with the Economist, nicely illustrated graphically:
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/04/16/tracking-covid-19-exc=
ess-deaths-across-countries
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With kindest regards
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Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng.
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