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Ability Quote by Serge Lang

“I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific…” quote by Serge Lang — Download Open image

“I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.”

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What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

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Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

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Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma.

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There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.

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Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.

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Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.

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I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

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To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain…

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If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in…

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Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.

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Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests.

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