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Wednesday, January 20. 2016

Why bad science won’t die

Why bad science won’t ever die


It's an interesting topic. For example, there are still people who avoid fats for fear of their cholesterol or of getting fat. Even some doctors can't let that go although it's been debunked for years now. So often, people believe what they want to believe unless they are of a skeptical bent.


Many people believe that the moon landing was faked. People afraid of cell towers.


Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:51 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Belief is a disease." Werner Erhard
#1 Len Faria on 2016-01-20 19:00 (Reply)
Maybe so, but I observe it's easier to tremble with fear than to bear down and learn a little science. And what did the EST guru know about that?
#2 Claritas on 2016-01-21 09:54 (Reply)
Yes, old Werner had some funny ideas.
"I observe it's easier to tremble with fear than to bear down and learn a little science" So true. And that's one of the symptoms of the disease. Accept what you like or what is easy or popular and believe it. It has the same feeling as knowledge with none of the facts, effort or accountability.
#2.1 Len Faria on 2016-01-21 12:22 (Reply)
I always find it interesting when denialists invoke "bad science" in others. Bliss is probably the most willfully underinformed commenter on the subject, bizarrely abrupt, unbacked opinions and incomplete sentences and all. Remarkable.
#3 Ten on 2016-01-21 09:55 (Reply)

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