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They, like anyone else, need to be questioned. If that somehow
threatens you, it's a darned shame.



Jeanne,

In the scientific endeavor, questioning is one of the cornerstones of
discovery. No scientist is threatened by questioning, because proper
questioning is the only way things are done in science. Remember, what is
currently accepted as "scientific fact" is the result of countless hours
of open-minded, objective, rational questioning, thinking, experimenting,
debating ... a LOT of work over a LOT of time. You're always welcome to
question, yes, but unless you have some REALLY good counter EVIDENCE, I'm
not about to throw away a hard-established finding/fact just because it doesn't fit the
liking of some mystic.

What does bother me (not threaten me ... but BOTHERS me) is how despite
the most rational, open-minded, level-headed consideration and
investigation of a matter, some people (not you in particular) continue to
INSIST that things are not the way they really are as demonstrated
objectively. Then they ramble on about how reality is subjective, that
you create your own reality, and that we shouldn't trust science and
scientists because these are instruments of a limited mindset, and that we
should question EVERYTHING, yada, yada, yada ... OK, fine, such mystics
are free to spew such notions, but I simply can't take it seriously unless
they are able to objectively demonstrate what they claim.

If you REALLY want to question things, it should be what most mystics are
spouting off about. If you want to question something "scientific," you're
most welcome, too. You'd just better have a good deal of convincing
EVIDENCE if you want to be taken seriously. Otherwise, I wish you every
happiness in your fantasy.

(Again, I'm not using "you" in a personal manner, but in the most general
way.)