John Simmons wrote: "But before you paint all science as political, go back to the basic definition of what science is: forming a hypothesis which best fits observations, and then attempting to prove it wrong." Is this at all possible when it comes to human sciences? It is still the individual who forms his hypothesis and does the observations - the individual with all his cultural luggage that he can never get rid of. The recent american debate on gender (in archaeology and anthropology) clearly shows that even our analytical tools have a certain "colour" and is far from pure. How can you form a pure hypothesis and make pure observations when your tools are biased? Regards, Asa ****************************************************************************** Asa Gillberg Dept of archaeology University of Gothenburg Sweden email [log in to unmask] **************************************************************************** **