[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance

[ravi]

On 06/14/05 10:50, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> There is no evidence that scientists in or [...] India, [...] and
> other non-Western countries are more religious than American scientists
> (among whom are found many immigrants anyhow).  If anything, the
> opposite is probably the case.
> 

why is that? "the opposite is probably the case"? could you elaborate on
why you think its probable that indian scientists are less religious
than american (lets say white, black) scientists? the majority of indian
scientists (anecdotal evidence of course) that i have interacted with,
whether in india or in the USA (bell labs) were not only religious
(including a belief in god, participation and belief in rituals, etc)
but were more so than white american scientists.

	--ravi