I did another story on the concept
of voodoo science.
Not exact matches
«It still has the reputation
of being a
voodoo science,» he says.
Don't you think it's time you moved past primitive
voodoo and into the age
of science and reason?
The revolution in neuroscience is often characterized as a revolution in new imaging technology.A long overdue reassessment
of neuroimaging machines — in particular the functional magnetic resonance imager — has underlined that what you see is not always what you get.A study published this year in Perspectives on Psychological
Science noted that many papers in social neuroscience, the field that examines the neurobiology
of social behavior, suffered from faulty analyses that produced «
voodoo correlations» in their data.
The process
of determining what a «sound basic» education was, much less how much it should cost, seemed equal parts
science and
voodoo.
Blue Buffalo's CEO responded by immediately claiming the testing was «
Voodoo Science» and assuring their customers that «Blue Buffalo does not use chicken by - product meal or poultry by - product meal in any
of our products.»
Science having failed them, Ronay suggests that the sick would revive discarded methods
of power such as
voodoo and black magic.
Discounting another scientist's work as
voodoo science without even rudimentary examination
of the evidence is.
Pachauri accused people who disputed his 2035 claim
of practicing «
voodoo science».
Talk about
voodoo science, anything with «Psychoanalytic» in its title is the definition of Cargo Cult S
science, anything with «Psychoanalytic» in its title is the definition
of Cargo Cult
ScienceScience.
Pachuari responded by calling Raina a practitioner
of «
voodoo science.»
Voodoo science of most baseless type, the ends
of wealth redistribution justify any means including spreading the Big Lie in such a widespread manner that the common herd becomes believers
of this drivel.
And just to prove it, the IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri branded as «
voodoo science» any criticism
of the mainstream view
of climate change and its consequences.
«Non peer - reviewed, unknown contributor, unwarranted attack on hard - working climate scientists, failed to grasp the essential points, unworthy
of discussion, Big Oil funded denier blogs, already been debunked, no credibility, thousands
of volunteer climate scientists,
voodoo science.................»
: When IPCC's Pachauri dismissed out
of hand Dr Vijay Raina's «denial»
of Himalayan glacier melt by 2035 and called his work «
voodoo science» — that's dogma in my book.
Glaciergate occurred because India's scientific authorities on Himalayan glaciers told their government that the IPCC assertion
of complete loss
of the glaciers by 2035 was impossible — a fact that all glaciologists knew — but the IPCC Chairman (Rajendra Pechauri) replied that this fact was «
voodoo science».
I'm not quite sure how dismissing a (correct, as it turns out) assessment
of glaciers as «
Voodoo science» encourages debate but I guess, in classic Team style, «that was last week, move along please».
After a series
of blunders, insults
of «
voodoo science» to people asking honest, germane, questions, Africagate, and now this, they have no place to go, they've hit rock bottom.
It's like phi wants to turn back the clock to the dark ages
of science, and rely on assertions and
voodoo.
Robert Park, author
of «
Voodoo Science», has filled an entire book with examples like this.