Don't get him started on John Hagelin. He can't tell the difference between philosphical rambling, science and pseudoscience (of course, a case can be made that neither can John).
Sometimes you da man Spraig! Nice. --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > TM critics like Barry and Vaj and Paul and John > > > > Knapp and Andrew Skolnick think it's perfectly OK > > > > to misrepresent the TM "party line" in the > > > > interests of making it look worse than it actually > > > > is. > > > > > > Don't fool yourself. Andrew Skolnick is, was and always > > > will be convinced that the TM organization he sees is > > > the only one that exists. True Believers who say otherwise > > > are either insane, or part of the conspiracy. > > > > Some of his misrepresentations, though, were just > > too crafty to have been anything but deliberate. > > > > He may not have thought he was making the TMO look > > worse than it actually is (in his view of what it > > is), but he did exaggerate and distort various > > completely innocent aspects to make them contribute > > to that picture because he didn't have enough solid > > evidence of real malfeasance. > > > > He was convinced of his view of the TMO, in other > > words, and deliberately bent the data he did have to > > support that view. Ends justify the means, and > > all that. > > > > Sure. And when an MUM faculty member who anonymously contributes to the TM article > on wiki requested mediation, Skolnick magically disappeared. > > There's a NEW guy who accuses the TMers of having conflict of interest, implying that we > shouldn't be allowed to contribute to the article. > > His reasoning: the MUM faculty member (or members?) receive room, board, health > insurance and a monthly stipend of about $400, so they've got "serious conflicts of > interest," while *I* have a COI because I practice TM. > > Don't get him started on John Hagelin. He can't tell the difference between philosphical > rambling, science and pseudoscience (of course, a case can be made that neither can > John). >
