--- On Fri, 10/15/10, Bosco D <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I would caution against distributing such unfounded information to anybody.
>
Nobody can prevent such unfounded information from being distributed on Goanet
or by chain emails. The only thing that one can do on Goanet is provide
immediate informative refutations of it. Therefore, moderators must allow posts
countering such bogus information to appear here in a timely manner. The reason
even supposedly educated people fall for these urban legends is because they
invariably conform to their beliefs and ideology. The best approach for any
sensible person to adopt is not to trust what is claimed to be scientific,
medical or health-related information displayed on political and ideological
websites such as Huffington Post and Drudge Report, or for that matter, the
various health guru and spiritual websites.
Cheers,
Santosh
