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From: billb@eskimo.com (William Beaty)
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Check out CLOSEMINDED SCIENCE, a few articles and several links to others,
about the psychology of herd-mindedness of the mainstream, pathological
skepticism, etc. 

	- Gold's paper about the fate of new ideas in science, from JSE
	- Goalpost-moving behavior
	- Drasin's "Zen and the Art of Debunkery"
	more...


<h2>QUOTES</h2>

<pre>"It is not uncommon for engineers to accept the reality of phenomena
that are not yet understood, as it is very common for physicists to 
disbelieve the reality of phenomena that seem to contradict contemporary 
beliefs of physics." - H. Bauer

"I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the
greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious
truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of
conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to collegues, which
they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by
thread, into the fabric of their lives."  -Tolsoy

"A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth."
-G. Goebbles

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