human flesh

That contribution hit me like a ton of bricks. It dawned on me that scientific research may nor may not be a meme! In other words, the scientist always starts with a "posit" to be investigated and proved or disproved. The "posit" is the weak part of the system where "memes" can always affect the outcome. But, the weakest part of Science is "in the publication of the findings and in the conclusions.