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Alan wrote:
> Hypothetically speaking, assuming money and power are no obstacle, how would
> one
> go about selling a line of pseudoscientific tripe as the genuine item to the
> laypublic? Well, you might fund a think tank to manufacture fake science and
> present it as the real deal. An oldie but a goodie.
Sounds familiar, ..yes..
> Or you might try
> discrediting scientists in general, paint them as whacked-out ideological
> flakes
> who make up crazy shit about the weather for some kind of nebulous
> self-serving
> reason (As opposed to say, non-profit right-wing televangelists who can prove
> beyond any doubt that hurricanes are Divine retribution).
I tried this, but they've got hides like teflon.
> And dangle enough fame
> and fortune in front of science professionals in any field, even trauma
> surgeons
> for example, and you'll probably find some who are willing to swear on
> national
> TV that decapitation isn't fatal.
George. George is ringing the Bell here.
> But to get a handle on this lesson in the science of deception, we must first
> briefly review the science of a hurricane. Because the general formula for
> fraud
> we're going to cover is sophisticated in its Orwellian way. And if it's
> actually
> in play, it's also slicker than diarrhea and about as revolting.
"The science of deception" - Ah yes.. and the deception of science.
(Comfort blanket. Without it where would they be.
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