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		Ardit20 on Aug 24, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Protein that destroys HIV discovered "But yes, reason has little purchase in this place. The community has very strong biases and refuses to give time to opposition." What exactly do you mean?

sprout on Aug 24, 2010 [–]

You're being downvoted purely because people disagree with you. HN is supposed to be above that.

freesciencenow on Aug 24, 2010 | [–]

While I didn't downvote him, I agree with the downvoters. His substantive claims about how the research/peer review system works -- upon which is entire argument is based -- are factually incorrect.

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