gwh@earthquake.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (10/17/89)
In article <1989Oct16.072701.7059@agate.berkeley.edu> gsmith@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gene W. Smith) writes: > >>>and I tend to believe that skeptic >>>should go in sci (as an important part of science is clarifying its >>>fringes), though a case could be made for misc. > >>I could make a stronger case for soc, for the reason that the primary >>function of the paranormal skeptics is not to bring a scientific basis to >>the paranormal, but to use technology and logic to debunk paranormal >>hoaxsters and bring rationality to society in it's views on the paranormal. > > The only science in the group now and about all there has been >in some time is a totally irrelevant thread about the Earth going >around the Sun, started by yours truly. And this is a just a >flame-fest for science geeks anyway. >-- I hereby propose that sci.skeptic be rmgrouped, and re-created with our emminent mr. Smith as moderator. If he refuses, we should impose it upon him anyway, as he obviously wants it to be on a much higher level and he is the obvious cantidate... :) George William Herbert gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu, maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu