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I am not defending an unethical scientist. Your point that this particular scientist may be questionable is noted. I don't know his record. However, regarding the particular matter of the sewer study, what is the foul? Were people harmed? Were people duped into participating?
If either of these are your cases, then I follow you. But everyone is focusing on the subjects - being from a poor neighborhood, and everyone is assuming that the subjects were taken advantage of.
What is the evidence of that - real or anecdotal?
And Mr. Holland, I know that you are neither marginalized or under-educated....you're the well-educated person I was refering to... you responded to the wrong zing.
And yes, I realize that poor scientific literacy is an epidemic among most people, but it has been my personal experience, that scientific and clinical research is a sore subject among most black people. People pre-emptively fight about the issue whenever the subject comes up. That has prevented so many people from really learning about new discoveries and understanding science.
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