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Old 08-16-2007, 11:25 PM
peragro peragro is offline
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Originally Posted by Botnst View Post
Opinions are like *********s, everybody has one.

Views and opposing views, if based on opinion, are identically valuable and thus, worth exactly that. Patrick Moore's opinions are not a basis for rational argument as they are not scientific in the sense of letting the facts drive the conclusions that he promotes.

I'm not saying he's wrong (necessarily), just that his acquaintance with science is casually one-sided.

Not unlike a prostitute.

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I'm not listening to his opinion, I'm listening to his factual knowledge. With regard to DDT, dioxin and nuclear energy his opinion is more factually based than the opinion of Greenpeace. I agree, opinions are like *********s. Some smell more than others.
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