{"id":8095,"date":"2011-03-07T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=8095"},"modified":"2011-03-07T03:00:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T08:00:26","slug":"that-settles-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/8095","title":{"rendered":"That Settles It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidpj.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/06\/sunday-settled-science-is-that-woman-really-your-mother\/\">Sunday (Settled) Science: Is that woman really your mother?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You think that the woman you regard as your mother gave birth to you. But it\u2019s an open question; there\u2019s still debate, and it\u2019s definitely not an open and shut case. Right?<\/p>\n<p>No, no, I\u2019m not being silly. I mean it. You need to prove to me that she\u2019s your mother. You\u2019ve got a birth certificate? Just a bit of paper. You look like her? Coincidence. DNA test? Useful, but not 100% accurate. She\u2019ll swear that it\u2019s true? Well, she might be lying, or was duped at the hospital. A photo of her holding you as a baby? Doctored. You don\u2019t have a leg to stand on!<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of conclusive evidence that she\u2019s your mother, you should suspend contact immediately, examine the evidence more carefully and make a decision about whether you continue the relationship at a later date. By investing in a relationship with your supposed \u2018mother\u2019 now, you\u2019re wasting time and energy that could be better spent earning money or having fun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday (Settled) Science: Is that woman really your mother? You think that the woman you regard as your mother gave birth to you. But it\u2019s an open question; there\u2019s still debate, and it\u2019s definitely not an open and shut case. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/8095\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-science","category-science-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}