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here is a link to NPR's Ira Flatow doing what every single person who claims to be scientifically minded and grounded should be doing. giving the evidence a fair crack and a fair hearing. Jeff Meldrum is interviewed here. this should be an example for all the priests of the new religion called scientism. notice there is no mocking or slandering or lying involved.
and here is an expert from that segment where jane goodall says she is absolutely convinced that they are real. you know the woman how bucked scientific consensus and made NEW discoveries!!
Ms. JANE GOODALL (Scientist, Cambridge University): Well now you will be amazed when I tell you that I'm sure that they exist.
FLATOW: You are.
Ms. GOODALL: Yeah.
FLATOW: Did you always have this belief that they're, that they existed?
Ms. GOODALL: Well, I'm a romantic so I always wanted that.
FLATOW: And there you have it. I mean I was shocked as anybody sitting here in this room…
Dr. MELDRUM: Right.
FLATOW: …talking to her about - and she just came out with this. And she does endorse on the cover of your book.
Dr. MELDRUM: Well exactly. And, you know, she revealed a couple of levels of engagement in this subject. As she mentioned, she's a romantic. Without question the topic has that side to it because, you know, the prospect of an unknown persisting into this century right here in our own back yard - I mean it does appeal to those who hope that they're still our frontiers of exploration and so forth.
But she did go on and comment the reasons for that conviction. And it was because she had talked with many people who had had experiences. She was - some of those were Native Americans who shared their traditional knowledge and their own contemporary experiences with these creatures according to their experiences.
And so, I mean that's where the science begins to enter in, I think, is where we get beyond just the stories or the romance of the subject and pose that simple biological question, is there a species of primate behind the legends of Sasquatch.
and here is an expert from that segment where jane goodall says she is absolutely convinced that they are real. you know the woman how bucked scientific consensus and made NEW discoveries!!
Ms. JANE GOODALL (Scientist, Cambridge University): Well now you will be amazed when I tell you that I'm sure that they exist.
FLATOW: You are.
Ms. GOODALL: Yeah.
FLATOW: Did you always have this belief that they're, that they existed?
Ms. GOODALL: Well, I'm a romantic so I always wanted that.
FLATOW: And there you have it. I mean I was shocked as anybody sitting here in this room…
Dr. MELDRUM: Right.
FLATOW: …talking to her about - and she just came out with this. And she does endorse on the cover of your book.
Dr. MELDRUM: Well exactly. And, you know, she revealed a couple of levels of engagement in this subject. As she mentioned, she's a romantic. Without question the topic has that side to it because, you know, the prospect of an unknown persisting into this century right here in our own back yard - I mean it does appeal to those who hope that they're still our frontiers of exploration and so forth.
But she did go on and comment the reasons for that conviction. And it was because she had talked with many people who had had experiences. She was - some of those were Native Americans who shared their traditional knowledge and their own contemporary experiences with these creatures according to their experiences.
And so, I mean that's where the science begins to enter in, I think, is where we get beyond just the stories or the romance of the subject and pose that simple biological question, is there a species of primate behind the legends of Sasquatch.
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