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Opponents of the theory say its subjectivitytends to debunk itself. Author Nicholas Wadewrites in the New York Times Magazine: "...[theGaia theory] quickly becomes mystical since it sostrongly implies a nice greenhouse with athermostat and a kindly gardener who set thesystem in motion...
...simply because it doesn't fit in with any existing theory of how the cosmos works. "Listen," fumes Lauer, who is stationed at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories in Tucson, Arizona, "we knew this was a shocking result. That's why we spent over a year trying to debunk it ourselves before we went public. If anyone can present a good argument why it's wrong, we'll listen...
Roiphe spends much of her time attempting to debunk a 1985 Ms. magazine study that found that one out of four women are the victims of rape or attempted rape. And while there are some valid criticisms of the Ms. study, Roiphe fails to address other, more conservative studies such as one conducted by the Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, that have found that 13 percent of adult American women--one in eight--have been raped at least once...
Another Kristol memo: "Republicans must aggressively debunk the Administration's 'crisis' rhetoric . . . there is no health-care crisis...
...trinity of books tries to debunk the Christ of the Gospels...