[WikiEN-l] Re: SPOV threatens NPOV

Tue Dec 13 04:10:01 UTC 2005

--- Leif Knutsen <vyerllc at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the fun, but often irritating aspects of the
> NPOV debates/disputes is
> getting to the bottom of this very issue. I think
> that anyone who wants to
> assert what is "scientific truth" on WP needs to
> come to terms with just how
> primitive the state of science still is (and we
> should be glad for that). In
> other words, humility has to be a central value.

I dont know about humility ("civility" is about the
only real principle or intangible quality we can
really handle), but I think youve got the balance
right. Reality is indeed often a misnomer for
'scientific truth.' 

The Siegenthaler scandal made Yahoo's front page BTW.

Stevertigo

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