tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post9081157695029866690..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Wheat from chaffGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-9899439048496690002012-09-19T12:55:26.822-07:002012-09-19T12:55:26.822-07:00The Thunderbolts Project is a great example. The f...The Thunderbolts Project is a great example. The fact that electricity is found everywhere in the universe does not supersede or contradict current scientific understanding. Also, we have proof that electrical energy is often the byproduct of energy conversion, not the catalyst.<br /><br />People can be desperate to be remembered. Often people can't be famous, so they settle for infamy.<br /><br />"I'll be remembered as the guy who said that the whole universe is an electrically connected, controlled, web."<br /><br />No, you'll be remembered as the guy who's opinion was irrelevant to the progression of mankind.<br /><br />Science is not a fraternity. You get left out, not because the scientists refuse to expand their knowledge or listen to outsiders. You get left out because science already has explanations for the hypotheses you have.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-69465135830875436712012-09-19T06:12:53.299-07:002012-09-19T06:12:53.299-07:00I find that defensiveness, and dismissal of critic...I find that defensiveness, and dismissal of criticisms on grounds of the motivations of the critiquer, are the first best signs of pseudoscience. On some level, these people are aware that their structures are built on sand, so they have avoid thinking about the objections to maintain their belief.<br /><br />Or, in cases where they're fooling others but are perfectly aware that they're full of shit, they have to give the people they're trying to fool reasons to not consider the objections.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com