Just a thought…
October 25th, 2007
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Every once in a while I say something that makes me think “Oh I like that.” It’s those moments when a well inspired quote or concept comes to mind that’s just too good to be left unused. And I don’t tend to come up with words of wisdom very often, so I had best milk them for all they’re worth….
“Q: How often does the scientific mainstream have to admit it was entirely wrong about something and the alternative theorists were correct?
A: Only very very rarely.
Q. How often do the alternative theorist admit have to admit that they were wrong about something and the scientific mainstream was correct?
A. Never. They continue to claim they are right regardless of how much it is disproven”
Hmmm… maybe I should reword this somehow because I want it to be more clear that what I am referring to are things like well established and tested facts. Science often goes through several favored hypotheses before it comes to a consensus on when one is adequately proven. But then again the non-science ones (conspiracy theorists, alternative medicine, paranormalists, homeopaths) they can crank stuff out all day 
***sigh*** it may never end.
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March 29th, 2010 at 6:58 am
If your looking to rephrase, how about this:
and on a similar note:
Gotta run, so not much time to fine-tune. But feel free to bastardize and reproduce. I hereby release these to the public domain.
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March 29th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I like the short versions better
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
DV82XL said:
Hmm… Maybe that was a post that would have been better off had I walked away and then come back to reread. Seems a lot clumsier a day later.
I guess by the end of a 12-hour work day, I start thinking I’m Mark Twain.
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