[pct-l] Light Phenomena on Oriflame Mtn....

[CMountainDave at aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

In a message dated 4/6/04 9:19:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
magicalnexus@yahoo.com writes:

> It is always interesting to me that people who regard themselves as 
> scientists are so leary and suspicious of examining new things. I always considered 
> a scientist to be a curious and critical individual who could embrace the 
> examination of previously undocumented phenomena. Of course, that is as long as 
> no one is prematurely offering unpalatable theories. Stick to the nuts and 
> bolts of the phenomena and it shouldn't be at all intimidating. My theory about 
> these folks is that they aren't really scientists, they are professional 
> testers and aren't at all driven by curiosity, rather they are driven by work 
> and the demands for answers within a given field for a given purpose. Not the 
> same creature as a true scientist. Funny how many of those testers think their 
> opinions matter...
> 

I would only add that many of them also seem to have predetermined answers to 
posed hypothesis, and bend the evidence (perhaps unconsciously) to fit a 
conclusion.  Being neutral is probably the hardest thing of all for a scientist to 
achieve