So you believe everything a scientist tells you then?
Does Area 51 exist?
Did man actually land on the moon?
Remember the Piltdown "man"
El, come on mate, this post is either intentionally misleading or just plain wrong.
To sarcastically enquire as to whether somebody believes in everything scientists say, which of course infers [quite erroneously in fact] the said person is naive in some way, and then to ask in the same vein of questioning whether he also believes in Area 51 is just plain silly, and I mean real silly.
Now, I would have been of the opinion you would be well aware of such silliness but if you are not El, then you are most certainly not the person I thought you were .....
The vast majority of scientific work is carried out with two abiding principles underwriting everything they do ... rationale theorising and for the most part, experimental work to confirm any theoretical principles they are working on.
I cannot believe you have linked the two statements above .. it's incredulous and smacks of 'niche thinking' ... this is when people like to pitch themselves against the mainstays of anything they choose to go against ... it could be the government or big companies.
They enjoy being the minority protagonists for some reason, they get a kick out of it but the reality is, people just look upon them as idiots and not as the societal white-knights standing up to the boss man as these people would like to think they are perceived.
This thinking is perfectly exampled by movements such as
'The Yanks didn't go to the moon because the shadows on the pics of them on the moon ain't right'
or maybe it was
the 'US Government who were behind 911' ..... bejeepers the list goes on with examples of these idiots.
There was some recent research done on just why ostensibly intelligent people became involved in 'conspiracy' initiatives such as those mentioned, which of course is exactly the type thinking you are now indulging in here; The research came to the conclusion that the individuals concerned, leastwise the supposed intelligent ones who should have known better, had some personality disorder that underwrote the reasons as to why they became involved.
Of course it is now within your interest and certainly will serve your purpose to not only question but also descry such research from these scientists but I'm afraid any such appeals would fall on stoney ground for any persons who had a modicum of intelligence coupled with a lack of attendant aforementioned personality disorders.
Eric, I thought you were more intelligent than this mate .... you don't need to assume this marginal positioning, it smacks of having a chip on your shoulder ......
