Look, these folks are posing as researchers, sucking up soft money (yes, they are) to do this stuff, getting publicity on such channels as Discovery. Now, when a bunch of yahoo charlatans start doing this sort of thing it degrades science by confusing the public about what is and is not science, who is and is not doing science, and what is and is not credible evidence. When you degrade science in this manner it also interferes with all aspects of society because now logic is overcome with nonsense and the more nonsense is promoted as logic, the more people who ultimately start to think in illogical ways leading to poor decisions in all aspects of life, including politics and cast votes. When illogical paths are taken in choosing candidates and casting votes, we end up with poor candidates who approve non-science and anti-science bills.
THese little things do matter. They are a virus, a plague on society that is every bit as damaging to its inner workings as political corruption. They must be stomped out and scientists should come out in force and do so by very clearly, adamantly, directly and bluntly discounting their claims as junk (not junk science) and charlatanism. Malcolm On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Wayne Tyson <[email protected]> wrote: > Malcolm and Ecolog, > > Ignore them? (They want publicity.) > > When I was in the Forest Service in Northern California in the late fifties > and early sixties (I've forgotten just when all the bigfoot hoopla at the > Hoopa Reservation took place), my boss said the knew the guy who > "discovered" the prints, and he said he was just the kind of nutcase that > would come up with that kind of thing. > > Maybe the Texans are frustrated snipe-hunters? > > WT > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "malcolm McCallum" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:11 PM > > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Bigfoot footage in TX (gag me). > > >> I am very familiar with the Texas Bigfoot society folks having got in >> a tuff with them back in the early part of the decade. They are total >> charlatans, see this video of a bigfoot from the twitter of Melba >> Ketchum. >> Is there anything we can do to discredit these folks with the public? >> We really need to address this and make it obvious they are literally >> making stuff up!!!! >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khHSX3ZYaKI >> >> -- >> Malcolm L. McCallum >> Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry >> School of Biological Sciences >> University of Missouri at Kansas City >> >> Managing Editor, >> Herpetological Conservation and Biology >> >> "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - >> Allan Nation >> >> 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert >> 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, >> and pollution. >> 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction >> MAY help restore populations. >> 2022: Soylent Green is People! >> >> The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) >> Wealth w/o work >> Pleasure w/o conscience >> Knowledge w/o character >> Commerce w/o morality >> Science w/o humanity >> Worship w/o sacrifice >> Politics w/o principle >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any >> attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may >> contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized >> review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not >> the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and >> destroy all copies of the original message. >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1430 / Virus Database: 2639/5605 - Release Date: 02/15/13 >> > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
