VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1379665420|CONTENT|This was a very strange effort from Giles, a proper 5/5 in old money. Behind the confused rambling there was a very strong undercurrent of anti-science, the argument that because one scientist was wrong about one thing all science is therefore suspect, plus a massive confusion between “technologists” (at the PCWorld helpdesk, presumably) and scientists. Thrown in was another confusion, between the process of science, a human activity subject to all sorts of fallibilities, and the results of science, which stand apart. No matter if Crick and Watson wore lucky red underpants during their work, our understanding of the structure of DNA would still be completely rational.

These are the arguments normally trotted out by creationists, homoeopathists and other full-fat reality-deniers. I wouldn’t have put Giles into that category. Maybe he&#039;s suffering from a bout of cognitive dissonance.|IP-ADDRESS|10.0.119.108, 217.36.222.79|MODERATIONFLAG|