Friday, February 20, 2009

NewAgers Dance Whenever The Plague Returns

In 2005 and 2007, Australia had less than one case per million people. 2006 had an uptick with 6 cases per million, but half those cases are claimed to be attributed to an "outbreak linked to the tour of a foreign spiritual group".

Spiritual group, eh? Hmmm. Antivaxxers? Bet on it.

...Australians continue to amaze me. They do seem to be infected with our own nuttiness — creationism is getting a toehold there, for example, and homeopathy is a plague,...

-- Phil Plait, catching on to how NewAgers have infiltrated, both, the science and medical communities - using medieval ideas to cause unheard of medical problems (including death) in the modern world - for Discover Magazine.

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7 comments:

  1. The DudeFebruary 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    this vaccination thing is getting out of hand with these people, its not long before measles, mumps, and rubella are back in action.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    You deceptively snipped out the sentences and words that show that this entry had a completely different meaning from what you chose to gave it

    if your readers understand English then you should be able to trust them instead of mutilating other writers' words in order to make your point

    Unless your point is actually that its very easy to mislead people through selective editing...?

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  3. The Crack EmceeFebruary 21, 2009 at 5:55 AM

    Just Kevin,

    We put the part we thought was important to say. Phil Plait does a good job but we're not totally in agreement with the science community (as you can see in our previous posts) so we reflect what we want.

    Simple as that.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 7:13 AM

    We put the part we thought was important to say. And left out anything that blows your argument. Its the TMR way.

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  5. The Crack EmceeFebruary 22, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    Bullshit - you're a doofus:

    There's a link to the article, asshole.

    Phil Plait (and, apparently, you) do your thing and we do ours. We happen to think Phil (and, apparently, you) miss the point of NewAge beliefs - which is the point of this blog - so that's what we emphasize.

    There's no deception. Otherwise we wouldn't link to it. We're not like the homeopaths, etc., that you feel so compelled to defend - giving you no access to all the information. We just have our own position.

    The fact you would jump to the conclusion you have - when it was from this blog that you reached the article - shows exactly why we don't like or trust NewAgers:

    You're a bunch of paranoid conspiracy theorists who use your own self-constructed (and totally bogus) beliefs to smear others in the service of unethical nonsense. Homeopathy kills. To run to it's defense makes you part of it.

    That's the TMR way.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    You're a bunch of paranoid conspiracy theorists who use your own self-constructed (and totally bogus) beliefs to smear others in the service of unethical nonsense.

    pot

    kettle

    crack

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  7. The Crack EmceeFebruary 23, 2009 at 5:01 AM

    That would be a fine comeback if I held any beliefs, Earl, but, unfortunately for you, that's not the case:

    I just document them - and the harm they cause.

    You, on the other hand, defend them.

    Now, since you know so much about cooking utensils, I suggest you go back to that nuthouse you call a kitchen and get back to work.

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