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You can't be serious... [[User:HeikkiL|HeikkiL]] 09:12, 10 August 2007 (EDT)
You can't be serious... [[User:HeikkiL|HeikkiL]] 09:12, 10 August 2007 (EDT)
:There is indeed another bias factor at work: the unspoken notion that [[science]], or [[fact]]s, are determined democratically by a poll of knowledgeable individuals. If facts can be determined by polls, then we would only need 7 people to convict a murderer on a jury of 12. But when media report "most scientists believe," '''''even if this statement is supported with qualified poll numbers''''', this introduces a bias. [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 13:28, 10 August 2007 (EDT)