[lbo-talk] Race

[Matthew Snyder]

Luke Weiger writes: 
> I have an anecdote: last year, a doctor gave a lecture in one of my
> classes.  He argued that HIV isn't the cause of AIDs.  Even though I
> know next to nothing about science, and presumably the doctor knows
> plenty, I knew he was wrong.  How?  Authority.  

It's an uncommon belief, to be sure, but there are scientists who question
whether HIV is the virus responsible for AIDS.  I don't know enough about
that line of thinking to know if they're hiding some other agenda, or to 
evaluate the strength of their claims, but they've attracted some relatively
prominent supporters:

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/index.htm

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Matthew Snyder
Philadelphia, PA