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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by baddox on Thursday May 29, 2014 @04:53PM (#7818536)
> You might just as well suggest that paleontology is entangled with religion because its findings offend some people's religious views.

I absolutely would say that.

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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by pavlov on Thursday May 29, 2014 @05:47PM (#7818796)
I guess we have different definitions of "entangled".
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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by baddox on Thursday May 29, 2014 @06:01PM (#7818866)
It sounds like you're saying they shouldn't be entangled, which is reasonable, but under what definition of "entangled" are they not currently entangled?
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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by cookingrobot on Friday May 30, 2014 @05:17AM (#7820907)
They have no impact on each other's beliefs or findings. They're completely independent.
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