On 10/17/10 10:55 PM, carole wrote:
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On 10/17/10 6:12 PM, carole wrote:
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typically men
dominating *
opposes equality *
desirous of personal power *
iconoclastic
amoral*
manipulative
exploitive
takes advantage of "suckers,"
tells other what they want to hear
fear-mongering
specializes in creating false images to sell self (Tyrants using religion)
may or may not be religious
knowingly cheats to win
intimidating and bullying
vengeful
pitiless
highly prejudiced against race, women, and homosexuals
mean-spirited
nationalistic
militant
dishonest
faintly hedonistic


What you're describing john sounds like the patriarchal culture, where the macho men reign by secrecy, authoritarian regimes,
hierarchical systems and brute force.

However, that doesn't sound like science at all. All the science that counts is published in publicly available journals, often
available at libraries or over the internet for free. The abstracts (summaries) of the articles are almost always available for
free.

Ah yes, but Jeff, only certain health research is considered worthy of funding.
Who decides what is and what isn't worthy of funding?

What do you, "but"? We don't have the funds to support every possible
research project, let alone enough qualified people. Much of the US
funding is paid for by the the American people, through their
government, who determines who gets the funding and which projects are
funded. Most of the funds are awarded by peer-review in which experts in
the particular field determine which grant proposals are approved and
funded. Some funds are awarded by the directors of the various
institutes. This is done so that riskier, but possible more profitable,
research can be done. Drug companies and device makers do some of the
research. And, some private foundations pay for some research, like the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and American Cancer Society. In
most of the these cases, the awards are made by peer-review, also.

The process isn't perfect. For example, over $1 billion has been wasted
on testing useless "alternative medicine," which is better called
"conjecture-based medicine" or con-med. In every case, the alternative
medicine not been found to be any better than placebo.

garbage deleted

Today we have patriarchal society where male values dominate and infiltrate every aspect of society. However, it is beginning to
change as move women into top jobs where decisions are made and policies are formed.

Being male or female has nothing to do with science. Ideas and evidence rule.

Not necessarily.

Good ideas with supporting evidence is what wins the day. The system is
far from perfect. But it beats the money-making alternative medicine
system any day.

Jeff