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It is perhaps worth pointing out that a couple of years ago, the directors of Pacific Science Center colluded with an unethical scheme aimed at concealing a scholarly scandal from the public.
The precise goal of this scheme, involving Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship, was to shore up the reputations of the disgraced group of conservative Christian monopolists who controlled access to the scrolls for many years.
Further, this group, with the assistance of Pacific Science Center, sought to convince the public of the truth of a highly disputed, religiously oriented theory, which has been rejected by reputable, secular-minded researchers all over the world. Pacific Science Center did not even inform the public of scholarly opposition to the theory in question.
Under such circumstances, what form of scientific integrity can Pacific "Science" Center claim to have? Why should anyone offer money to such an institution, or even believe anything they see in exhibitions put on under its auspices?
Here is a set of items which anyone can consult to see exactly what happened at Pacific Science Center -- and then, incidentally, in San Diego:
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[url][url]http://www.nowpub...an-diego[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://robertdwor...scrolls/[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://www.forwar...rain-of/[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://museum-eth...lls.html[/url][/url]
And see now the National Post article on this controversy:
[url][url]http://www.nation...d=954321[/url][/url]
It is perhaps worth pointing out that a couple of years ago, the directors of Pacific Science Center colluded with an unethical scheme aimed at concealing a scholarly scandal from the public.
The precise goal of this scheme, involving Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship, was to shore up the reputations of the disgraced group of conservative Christian monopolists who controlled access to the scrolls for many years.
Further, this group, with the assistance of Pacific Science Center, sought to convince the public of the truth of a highly disputed, religiously oriented theory, which has been rejected by reputable, secular-minded researchers all over the world. Pacific Science Center did not even inform the public of scholarly opposition to the theory in question.
Under such circumstances, what form of scientific integrity can Pacific "Science" Center claim to have? Why should anyone offer money to such an institution, or even believe anything they see in exhibitions put on under its auspices?
Here is a set of items which anyone can consult to see exactly what happened at Pacific Science Center %u2014 and then, incidentally, in San Diego:
[url][url]http://oi.uchicag...lls.html[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://www.nowpub...an-diego[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://robertdwor...scrolls/[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://www.forwar...rain-of/[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://museum-eth...lls.html[/url][/url]
And see now the National Post article on this controversy:
[url][url]http://www.nation...d=954321[/url][/url]
It is perhaps worth pointing out that a couple of years ago, the directors of Pacific Science Center colluded with an unethical scheme aimed at concealing a scholarly scandal from the public.
The precise goal of this scheme, involving Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship, was to shore up the reputations of the disgraced group of conservative Christian monopolists who controlled access to the scrolls for many years.
Further, this group, with the assistance of Pacific Science Center, sought to convince the public of the truth of a highly disputed, religiously oriented theory, which has been rejected by reputable, secular-minded researchers all over the world. Pacific Science Center did not even inform the public of scholarly opposition to the theory in question.
Under such circumstances, what form of scientific integrity can Pacific "Science" Center claim to have? Why should anyone offer money to such an institution, or even believe anything they see in exhibitions put on under its auspices?
Here is a set of items which anyone can consult to see exactly what happened at Pacific Science Center %u2014 and then, incidentally, in San Diego:
[url][url]http://oi.uchicag...lls.html[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://www.nowpub...an-diego[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://robertdwor...scrolls/[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://www.forwar...rain-of/[/url][/url]
[url][url]http://museum-eth...lls.html[/url][/url]
And see now the National Post article on this controversy:
[url][url]http://www.nation...d=954321[/url][/url]
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