Sunday, March 16, 2014

The Unpersuadables Is A Cock-Up NewAge Investigation


These are three pictures of the author.

Having had a bit of experience with the NewAge offshoots, pro and con, that are covered in Will Storr's new book, The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science, I grew rather frustrated reading it's reviews. That's because Storr seems to have reached the conclusion that, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em - just don't believe what they say - and that, my fellow bugaboos, will not do. Why not? Since I don't want to recount my own tale again, I'll let Mark Henderson of The Observer explain:






Someone Storr didn't interview.

That's it, right there, and anyone knowledgeable knows it - people die behind indulging these beliefs. Usually other people - not the "happy" ones Storr was searching out. They've already "moved on" to the next sucker. This is something Storr never considers (nor do most others) as he assumes his position as NewAge's latest entry in the cheerleading line-up. 


A mind so open his brains fell out.

Storr wrote the book he wanted, no doubt, but, if you ask me, from the very beginning, he was asking the wrong questions to all the wrong people, and, thus, getting all the wrong answers. 


Accept them as they are.

And, if that's the case, how could anyone expect otherwise?