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Old 03-10-2009, 09:49 AM
Deckard
issue 37
 
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Re: stem cell research
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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite View Post
Its funny you mention UM because today's school paper mentions their editor's prediciton that Obama lifting stem cell research is going to make our various research departments successful.

"He made the point that in his administration, there will be an open and honest discussion of science underlining their decisions, and that science policy with be based on science and not based on ideology."

Sounds slightly arrogant, as though ideology and misinformation are prerequisites for one another.
I understand what you're saying, but I think it's clear what (s)he probably means, no?

Kind of like the difference between evidence and dogma, or between fluid views and fixed ones. Yes people can be dogmatic about science, even about a particular aspect of it. But science by its definition is open, not closed.