AIS Scientific community

> IMHO, the AIS scientific community has a lot of catching up to do. The
> "testing" done by the authors of the last article consisted of looking at
> the plants and trying "a few" crosses.

I agree. The AIS scientific community does have a lot of catching up to
do. However, the article you referenced is one of the few truly
scientific papers to be published in the AIS Bulletin in recent years.
The rules of science are harsh. Any time a person puts an observation,
opinion or statement out in the "scientific community", he or she should
be ready for questioning. Their conclusion should be based on objective
observations, considering every factor that may have come into play. If
a person is going to assert that something is fact, (s)he should be
ready to prove it, beyond reasonable doubt. The paper you refer to
methodically introduced reasonable doubt. That is the way the scientific
community works.

Bottom line, a good scientist should be his (or her) own worst critic.
If (s)he is not, then someone else will be.

R. Dennis Hager
on Delmarva

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