Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:08:38 -0700 To: scalise@mail.smu.edu From: David Crowe Subject: AIDS Dissent... Cc: christine@aliveandwell.org, Peter Duesberg Dr. Scalise; I notice that you teach a course in "Debunking Pseudoscience" which appears to include objecting to the questioning of the HIV=AIDS=Death paradigm by people like retrovirologist Dr. Peter Duesberg and activist Christine Maggiore, judging by the page at: http://www.physics.smu.edu/~pseudo/Intro/ Have you ever considered having an AIDS dissident in one of your classes for a debate? There are thousands to choose from, see http://rethinkingaids.com/quotes/rethinkers.htm I'm sure we could find one who could travel to Dallas for the occasion. You might also want to correct your course outline. Peter Duesberg does not "deny" that HIV causes AIDS, but he provides scientific evidence (a considerable amount actually) that HIV is very unlikely to be the cause of AIDS. If you are really interested in encouraging critical thinking then I imagine that you would ask your students to read one of his peer-reviewed scientific papers or his book "Inventing the AIDS Virus" (or Christine Maggiore's book "What if everything you thought you knew about AIDS was wrong"). After all, if they're so obviously wrong, there should be no point in sheltering your students from encountering the ideas of the AIDS rethinkers/denialists/dissidents/reappraisers/pseudo-scientists. Should there? Regards, David Crowe Alberta Reappraising AIDS Society.