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Seven Rules For Spotting Bogus Science
keynet writes "Robert L. Park is a professor of physics at the University of Maryland at College Park and the director of public information for the American Physical Society, wrote a list of warning signs to help federal judges detect scientific nonsense. (OK, so it hasn't worked and the Patent Office sure hasn't got a copy.) As he says, 'There is no scientific claim so preposterous that a scientist cannot be found to vouch for it'. What he doesn't say is that there are plenty more who will invest in it or base legislation on it."
Pardon the flame, but all these laws are also good for realizing that a divine power is a hoax as well.
The art of misinformation is similar no matter what the field, whether it's voodoo science or attempting to justify something that can't be proven like the mythology of religion.
"I only speak the truth"
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If I throw a dead cat into a 10 million year old cave, in a few thousand years that cat will be considered 10 million years old.
When all else fails evolutionists date the ROCK. When is the last time someone was buried in "new" dirt?
It's pathetic how the assume everything is a constant. "Hey look, a rock that's been in this river for 7 million years!" How many unknown variables have come and gone in 7 million years? How do you even know that
a) the rock was there 7 million years ago
b) the river was there 7 million years ago
Setimentary layer dating? These aren't trees people!
a) how many layers are there from the bottom?
b)Where is the bottom?
c) in the X millions of years how many layers have been eroded away?
Until you can recreate the Big Bang it's not science any more than "creationism" or "intelligent design"
Until I see a monkey turn into a pig without any help from scientists, it's not science.
It's amazing how evolution's pseudoscience babble has gotten so far.
Personally, I think both should be taught. It's amazing how many people actually believe Evolution isn't faith based. Everything that is wrong with Science is rolled up in Evolution. The Scientific Method is just tossed out the window.
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to me it sounds like the author completly hates religion, lochness monster, like the toposter said he does he doesnt mention investigeating carefuly, he dismises all these things with out looking at them at all.
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