[Rev'd Seventy-Six]

"...rather than argue against what I've argued, which is, that science is
the new religion, the greatest risk to life on Earth, the P-Lister elected
to distort my argument and recast it as an atack on people who work in
science or scientists."

For starters, it wasn't an attack on you personally; point of fact, it
wasn't an attack at all.  It was a ramble and probably poorly written,
sparked by confusion which caused me to ask you to clarify your position--
 which I couldn't quite tell was farcical or not, considering we're having
this little chat on devices that allow to communicate over vast distances
 --devices which wouldn't exist were it not for science.  For as many
hazards as you might argue science has produced, it has produced an equal
number of benefits.  I don't see it as being particularly sacred, but I do
think it's taken an unfair number of knocks over the last little while
because there's this weird tendency to characterize a vast, fascinating
field encompassing a scintillating number of disciplines as somehow being
Against Humanity.  In P there's a certain cautiousness throughout to the
uses of science, and that's what I thought we were discussing, not whether
or not capital-S science were going to stomp us with Karloff size twelves
for our failure to be god-fearing enough.

You've again stated science is the greatest risk to life on earth, which I
don't hold to be any more or less true than the statement that human greed
is the greatest risk to life on earth.  We're at an impasse, is all.  Not a
matter of fault if we disagree.  Again, sorry for any offense.

-David
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