on 1/25/02 8:42 PM, Tom Bennett at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Any good scientist will attest that we know little of all that is going on.
> We barely understand ourselves, let alone the rest of the universe.
>
> Two cents from one who teaches museum science.

    Honest admission of the limitations of our knowledge does not mean that
we resort to superstition to explain the gaps in our knowledge. These are
opportunities for further research, to gain additional evidence and data.
Promoting pseudo-science as a marketing technique is the worst
bastardization of the museum profession I can think of.

    It is a fact that there is no evidence to support the proposition of
ghosts or other non-physical manifestations. This is baseless superstition.
It has no place in a medium that alleges to extend the public's knowledge.
Especially from those who teach museum science!

    Michael

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