The Apollo moon landing article is mostly about
what is most widely considered by *relevant authorities*
to be true -- it doesn't matter if 60% of the world
population doesn't believe it happened that way if 99%
of scientists do, in my opinion, as this sort of knowledge
is firmly within the domain of scientists to provide the
best answers on. So they get the "unmarked" POV.
Well put.
[I]t would be best if someone with authority
(cough cough, Jimbo) would put out a decree saying,
"Wikipedia should strive for NPOV as much as
possible, but if there are questions as to which
direction to lean in terms of very subtle unmarked
POV, it should lean towards the POV of the relevant
scientific community."
Seconded. You have a flair for understatement.
The need to have some meaning indicates we will
have to perhaps sometimes have some statements
which are less neutral than others.
Beautifully put - I think I'll quote this statement
on my user page if you don't mind :)
[T]he question of whether certain aspects of
homeopathy (not the
diluting part, but the other "like helps like" part) is unclear.
As long as you end with diluting your solution so there's
not a single molecule left of the original substance the
other aspects of your methodology are fairly irrelevant to
the efficacy of the results.
I will have to admit that a small part of the homeopathic
"remedies" you can buy are not so diluted. And again, a
small part of *those* may include some active ingredients.
So, some people start with active ingredients, don't dilute
them out of existence and still call it homeopathy - presumably
to make use of homeopathy's "good name". I'd argue that it isn't
really homeopathy but I'll admit that it confuses the issue. The
"like helps like" theory, as it is applied by homeopaths, is
pseudoscience. Perhaps not quite as egregious an example as
"water can remember stuff you put in it", but still pseudoscience.
I still maintain that classifying homeopathy as pseudo-science
makes Wikipedia a more useful encyclopædia. (Marginally of course.)
Regards,
Haukur