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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

MicaelS

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6. Does not bother me, just shows they're human.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:21 AM

Oct 2014

And they make mistakes like we all do. We put these people on pedestals and "worship" them in a secular way. Then when they fail us in some manner we're bitter or angry.

The world, the human race and individual human beings are neither perfect, nor perfectible, IMLHO.

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Whenever a famous scientist I respected turns out to be a total heel, it bothers me. [View all] Archae Sep 2014 OP

People who are brilliant in one area can be dumb as stumps outside it Warpy Sep 2014 #1

Remember, Goodall got her funding by knowing Louis Leakey csziggy Sep 2014 #2

It disappoints me. I guess we are all too human... uriel1972 Sep 2014 #3

I think many scientists deteriorate when they are persuaded to, or decide, to act as general pundits LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #4

Even a physicist can be a total idiot. Archae Sep 2014 #5

Does not bother me, just shows they're human. MicaelS Oct 2014 #6