You lost more than just the thing itself, you lost your dreams for the future. One doesn't just dust oneself off after that sort of thing.
I'm afraid I have to expel a rather ferocious hairball. You're on your own, girl.
Madness string 3203
Science is nothing more than a method of inquiry. The method says an assertion is valid - and merits universal acceptance - only if it can be independently verified. The impersonal rigor of the method means it is utterly apolitical. A truth in science is verifiable whether you are black or white, male or female, old or young. It's verifiable whether you like the results of a study, or you don't.