My view is that Cornell has seriously damaged its credibility by insisting on the definitive nature of it analysis. Cornell is showing far too much certainty in relation to the quality of its evidence. Cornell would have done far better to have admitted to uncertainty, retracted its position regarding the "definitive" nature of its evidence, and continued working this case as a hypothesis regarding the existence of an ivory-billed woodpecker in that locale.I agree.
Friday, March 17, 2006
"Cornell has seriously damaged its credibility"
On the Ecolog-l listserv, Stan Moore writes:
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It's a fantasy fact," he said. "That's nearly as good as reality."
-cold fusion researcher McKubre
We know where this ends. It ends badly for those involved. Cold Fusion's Max Pons gave up his U.S. citizenship, now lives in France and no longer works on cold fusion, and Fleischmann is retired.
Of course, lesser "scientists" persist with dubious research. Even one supporter called the collection of papers from these scientists as "mixed toxic waste."
That doesn't mean Fitzpatrick has to move to France. But perhaps he should take the weekend off and reflect hard on all of this.
Max Planck, the father of quantum theory said "Science advances one funeral at a time."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54964-2004Nov16?language=printer
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