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Old 06-08-2010, 07:28 PM
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Post This sort of nonsense should be ridiculed to the max

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This sort of pseudoscientific, fantasy driven claptrap should be censored in some way so as to inform people that it's nothing more than nonsensical rubbish with no basis in reality whatsoever. It's this sort of claptrap that is being promoted as "legitimate" science and "alternative" theory that is being soaked up by impressionable minds. It's preying upon people's general ignorance of science and their capacity to be taken in by a seemingly convincing story. But even a cursory inspection of what's being said, if you had even a modicum of science training, would tell you where this sort of thought lies and how much veracity it holds. You can imagine school kids being taken in by this rubbish and I know that some are. That adults would fall for this crud is bad enough but to have it promoted as some realistic alternative to actual science and having kids find it and believe that is, going way beyond a joke. Even as science fiction, it's a bad joke.

What's even scarier is that very similar digressions from reality are being promoted as legitimate avenues of learning and are being supported by politicians, not only here but overseas as well. There are science teachers and parents in the U.S. that are afraid to speak out about the rubbish being promoted as reality because of the power of certain lobby groups and state legislation that's been put into force in some states, promoting the sort of rot that is being bandied about as truth. It's even happening in the U.K. to some extent. Last Sunday's Sunday Sun (QLD) had a 4 page article on what's being taught in the U.K. as "real" science in many schools.

Something should be done about it.
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