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The Paranoid Style in American Science
Djiezes
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5-3-2008 6:37 AM
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skepticism
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5-4-2008
10:35 AM
papananook
hmmm, sounds like a coupla people here at CM--i won't embarrass them by naming--you know who you are! Or do you?
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