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Re: [A-List] How "scientific" is science?

on 12/17/2005 11:58 AM, tony black at tal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The point
> is, show me a paper that fulfills Koch's postulates, the historical and
> scientific standard for demonstrating isolation of a virus.

    It is not up to "a paper" to fulfill the postulates. Koch refers to a
body of evidence, verified and tested, not a single hypothesis test. In the
case of the study of HIV and its connection with AID, Koch's postulates are
adequately fulfilled.

    Michael

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