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editorial: Donald Kennedy Committed to the Best Science? Science 2003; 300: 1201 [Summary] [PDF]

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Logic: You can't have it both ways!

T. David Millican   (28 May 2003)

Logic: You can't have it both ways! 28 May 2003
T. David Millican, Civilization Architect none Respond to this E-Letter: Re: Logic: You can't have it both ways!	Donald Kennedy's Editorial, "Committed to the Best Science?" argues that lie detectors shouldn't be used because the consensus of relevant experts is that they don't work very well. That said, it concludes by saying "Perhaps DOE can be persuaded to send those lie detectors to a place that needs them--maybe the National Collegiate Athletic Association." If lie detectors don't work very well, the only places that "need" them are recycling plants. Considering the source and the forum, this lapse of logic is just as lamentable as the lapses of logic Kennedy condemns at the DOE. Furthermore, it scarcely seems logical to single out a sports organization for its lies. All the lies of all the sports organizations in the world are insignificant compared to even one major lie of the U.S. government, such as "We must destroy Iraq before it uses its weapons of mass destruction to destroy us".