(8) Mon 5 May 97 14:15 By: Ross Sauer To: All Re: More from Randi St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:c8eb 22a571e0 From: James Randi --- Wizard To: broadcast-JREFInfo@ssr.com Subject: Popular Science Editorial Sender: owner-jrefinfo@ssr.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: James Randi --- Wizard Popular Science Dares to Offend the Nut Fringe. This is directed to the list readership as well as to Fred Abatemarco, Editor-In-Chief of Popular Science and the author of a 12-line editorial in the June/97 issue. Here we have a succinct message that pretty well sums up the attitude and opinion of those of us who are dismayed by the tendency of the media "to obliterate the distinction between unsubstantiated speculation and well-disciplined scientific hypothesis". Bravo, Fred! You risk the wrath of those readers who purchase P.S. in hopes of finding support for the nutty notions that are offered them by the irresponsible and uncaring media. And, Fred, you're surely going to get your lumps from the Roswellites who read your cover story "UFO Mania at Roswell" by Dawn Stover. These same naifs will agree with the statement in her article that the Roswell event stands as "the best-documented case of an extraterrestrial encounter," and I heartily agree with that evaluation, but only because most other popular "documentations" have much less evidence of any sort, and most are entirely anecdotal. At least Roswell produced some physical material, parsimoniously identified as scraps of debris from Project Mogul. Thank you, Popular Science. Let's see more such brave opposition to nonsense, in a day when science-bashing is so prevalent. James Randi ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿ Ross Sauer ³ P ³ ³ A ³ ³ T ³ ³ C ³ ³ H ³ Walking Encyclopedia ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ patch@sts.net ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- TriToss (tm) 1.03 - (Unregistered) * Origin: Ivy's WALL BBS <> Sheboygan, WI 414-457-9255 (1:154/170) SEEN-BY: 10/2 12/12 24/888 102/2 105/72 106/2000 109/7 112/2715 114/262 SEEN-BY: 114/441 117/100 124/1 125/33 130/1 133/2 140/3 23 143/1 147/34 SEEN-BY: 147/2021 154/222 157/2 110 167/166 170/400 202/777 1207 213/213 SEEN-BY: 218/2 801 890 900 901 907 219/300 230/24 244/1500 260/362 267/200 SEEN-BY: 270/101 275/429 280/1 169 282/1 62 283/120 284/29 300/603 310/666 SEEN-BY: 322/739 323/107 324/278 343/600 346/250 356/18 377/86 380/64 SEEN-BY: 382/92 384/14 387/5 388/1 396/1 45 397/1 730/2 2220/10 2401/0 SEEN-BY: 2442/0 2619/211 3413/1000 3603/420 3612/41 3615/50 3619/25 3632/21 SEEN-BY: 3646/22 3651/9 3652/1 3654/6 3667/1 3674/1 3828/2 3829/50 @PATH: 154/170 222 396/1 218/907 801