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in thread OT: But Important

I agree with you on the money asking scientist. I work in such a place myself;-)

so the have to tell the public from time to time that there are still things that they don't understand

There are things they "still" don't understand and there will always be.

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Re^4: OT: But Important
by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 20, 2009 at 15:00 UTC
    There are things they "still" don't understand and there will always be.

    Sure, but it's not obvious that the problems to which the scientists don't have a solution are even understandable to non-scientists.