Just a question...

This seems to be based upon a misunderstanding of what Nator wrote in Message 61: I can't make sense of how you're misinterpreting this, but it definitely does not mean "science is biased on unbiased objective evidence," which reads nonsensically to me.All Nator was saying is that science places great emphasis on observational evidence.--Percy

He might have meant "negative times positive equals negative."--Percy

Then you're both saying the same thing and are in agreement.Like most words in the English language, bias has more than one definition. When you paraphrase Nator as having said, "Science is biased in favor of unbiased evidence," you're actually using two different definitions of bias. The first occurrence uses the definition, "An inclination," while the second uses, "An inclination that inhibits impartial judgment." While the former definition is not as common, it is still typical enough to be encountered daily.So another way to say the same thing would be, "Science is inclined toward unbiased evidence."--Percy

I rebutted this in Message 190, you didn't reply. Once again: Of course, you're commenting on your attempted paraphrase of what Nator said, not on something she actually said.Without blaming anyone, I'd like to request that you and Nator stop going round and round on this particular point.--Percy

I didn't use an online dictionary. I have a rather large dictionary at home that is far more thorough than online dictionaries, but poking around I found what you're looking for. If you go to this webpage: You'll see that definition 3a is the definition Nator was using.But lengthy discussions about what someone really meant are a waste of time, plus you're critiquing your own paraphrase of what Nator said and not anything she actually did say.So I'm still requesting, for the sake of all participants in this thread, that you stop going round and round about what you claim Nator said. It would really help move things along if you just accepted Nator's clarifications of what she meant.--Percy