Monday, October 23, 2006

Zen.....and the art of debunkery

HOW TO DEBUNK JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
PART 1: GENERAL DEBUNKERY
Before commencing to debunk, prepare your equipment. Equipment needed: one armchair.
Put on the right face. Cultivate a condescending air that suggests that your personal opinions are backed by the full faith and credit of God. Employ vague, subjective, dismissive terms such as "ridiculous" or "trivial" in a manner that suggests they have the full force of scientific authority.
Portray science not as an open-ended process of discovery but as a holy war against unruly hordes of quackery-worshipping infidels. Since in war the ends justify the means, you may fudge, stretch or violate scientific method, or even omit it entirely, in the name of defending scientific method.
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http://www.planetarymysteries.com/debunkery.html

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