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Originally Posted by Big Thumper
Yeah, not sure. Really funny thing is he actually uses the Burgess shale to back up his false claims about the 'Cambrian Explosion'. Of course, anybody who had done any research or even read the tourist pamphlet would know that the Burgess shale is middle Cambrian, millions and millions of years after the Cambrian Explosion. Embarrassing stuff , really.
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I think the thing that truly scares me about this debate and holistic medicine and naturopaths and and and... is that charlatans are co-opting the terminology and language of the scientific method to try to endow their superstitions and snake oil with legitimacy. While they talk of science, they aren't actually doing it.
The end result is a fear and distrust of the scientific method. On the light end, people avoid MSG for no reason at all. On the dark end, smallpox comes back because morons won't vaccinate their kids --- but that's another thread – – often beaten to death.