In the spirit of Godwin's law and considering the fact that Chip is the first (to my knowledge) to make this observation, maybe this phenomenon should be called "Chip's Law".
:-) -Redler Chip Mefford wrote: > Just in case anyone cares (at all) I, and I know others > immediately tune out anything that has the phrase > 'junk science' in it anywhere. > > The phrase was useful for about 4 months, many many years > ago. It has long since lost any context. > > It is a pejorative term, initially used to describe logical > fallacies masquerading as scientific explanations. > > In this sense, > (from wikipedia) > Affirming the consequent > If someone is human (P), then she is mortal (Q). > Anna is mortal (Q). > Therefore Anna is human (P). > But in fact Anna can be a cat; very much a mortal, but not a human one. > > This would be junk science. > > The term 'junk science' was QUICKLY co-opted by the Fred Singer's > of the world (Heritage Institute) to dismiss stuff like a causality > between 'second hand smoke' and health problems. > > Junk Science is a idealogical term, a heavily loaded one at that. > > So, when attempting to put a point across, one may do well > to avoid using this phrase. > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
