Re: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

Jbuch wrote:
> Slow.Re@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
>> "Steve" <stevesusenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> From
>>> http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.htm
>>>
>>> POINT OF VIEW
>>> The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
>>> By ROBERT L. PARK
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>>
>>
>> Some of us have a GWBush-like attention span.
>> Simplify!
> 
> 
> 
>  > 1. The discoverer pitches the claim directly to the media.
> 
>  > 2. The discoverer says that a powerful establishment is trying to
>  > suppress his or her work.
> 
>  > 3. The scientific effect involved is always at the very limit of
>  > detection.
> 
>  > 4. Evidence for a discovery is anecdotal.
> 
>  > 5. The discoverer says a belief is credible because it has endured
for
>  > centuries.
> 
>  > 6. The discoverer has worked in isolation.
> 
>  > 7. The discoverer must propose new laws of nature to explain an
>  > observation.

8. The lord shovels the information about a diet into your head while 
you're watching an IMAX movie.

No, seriously...

Pastorio