gjm comments on "Science" as Curiosity-Stopper - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MarsColony_in10years 25 February 2015 03:09:51PM 0 points [-]

You are correct. That was actually my point, even if I apparently worded it poorly. People keep repeating the myth, even though it has been proven false many times. I was trying to use it as an example of popular misconceptions.

Comment author: gjm 25 February 2015 03:40:50PM 0 points [-]

OK. (Perhaps After all, "scientists say" that ... might have been clearer to me than "After all, scientists "say" that ...* but I'm not sure.)

Comment author: MarsColony_in10years 25 February 2015 04:01:24PM 0 points [-]

Edited. Thanks for the suggestion.