It is, therefore, unfortunate that the idea that genes affect behaviour is the subject of much heated and confused discussion.
Worse still, words with relatively clear meanings in the vernacular are employed with very different definitions in science, a phenomenon that greatly confuses discussions of science when they are conducted in nonscientific contexts.
Much of tonight's long, complicated, often confusing discussion about prescription drugs also seemed to have a special relevance to Pennsylvania, which has one of the highest proportions of elderly people in the nation.
Adding extra tangle to the already confused public discussion of neuroplasticity is the fact that the word itself can mean several things.
Some common misunderstandings of the nature of theories (e.g., in the physical sciences) have confused the discussion of theories concerning consciousness.
His conclusion stated, "your misdirected arguments have needlessly confused public discussion of genuine long-term security concerns".
It is important not to confuse doctrinal discussions of conventional realities with the ultimate.
As a cultural phenomenon, "King and the Clown" has led to sometimes confused, sometimes uncomfortable discussions here about the nature of homosexuality, something that was rarely discussed publicly until a few years ago.
But I don't have it in me to do that, especially when those resurrected fallacies are being used to confuse public discussion in a time of economic crisis, when it matters a great deal whether we have the right policy response.
While it was encouraging to see legislators taking the issue up at the hearing, it was frustrating to see the room filled with pesticide corporations and their allies trying to confuse the discussion and delay action.
