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> OK, you are black by conventional classifications, and I am white by those
> classifications, but is this relevant to whether AIDS is caused by HIV?
well, first of all, i did not say anything of significance about race and AIDS. i was only responding to an assumption that you made in your previous response to me. and the answer to your question is, strictly speaking, no.
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> You agree that the overwhelming weight of scientific opinion is that AIDS is
> caused by HIV.
yes...
Why is it then inappropriate to treat skepticism as
> flat-earthism?
because scientific consensus itself is not necassarily indicative of scientific proof. relations of power being what they are, one should always double and triple check what is alleged to be a scientific consensus and scientific proof. shouln't we all know this by now?
You say that some respectable types doubt that HIV could do
> everything that it's claimed, but even if that is so,
and it is. again, you should read for yourself.
that doesn't warrant
> skepticism about the basic claim.
not in and of itself, no, but i would never have based my opinion on the "skeptesicm" of expert opinon alone. both powerful anecdotal evidence and lab work have, in my opinon, exposed the weakness of the standard theory. indeed, it seems to me that in fact most folk have accepted the standard theory on faith.
I am not, as I say, a physician or any
> kind of medical expert,
ok...
just a lawyer, but under legal standards, given the
> current state of knowledge, no one who doubted the standard view could be a
> real expert whose testimony was reliable.
probobly not. power works that way.
There are doubters about the
> roundness of the earth and about the theory of evolution too.
please stop this unnecessary castigation. it's juevenile. nobody in the AIDS dissent community that i have met fits this descritpiton and your saying that they do will not make it so.
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chris niles
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