Res: [tied] Re: Aryan invasion theory and race

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 64533
Date: 2009-07-31

Pseudo-science does not necessarily implies a lie. Usually people who do pseudo-science honestly believe in it, sometimes pseudo-science is more like a kind of fiction turned into a putative science. Hollow earth, Atlantis, blonde blue-eyed "superior" Aryans, Lemurian giant hermaphrodites are some of the examples of pseudo-scientific ideas that seduce many people along the decades, even being obsolete concepts.
 
JS Lopes

De: Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Sexta-feira, 31 de Julho de 2009 19:24:11
Assunto: Re: [tied] Re: Aryan invasion theory and race

 



--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@... net> wrote:

From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@... net>
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Aryan invasion theory and race
To: "Koenraad Elst" <cybalist@... s.com>
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 4:45 PM

 

At 4:34:27 PM on Friday, July 31, 2009, Koenraad Elst wrote:

> "Pseudo-scientific" implies a lie, a deliberate
> misrepresentation of a theory as scientific.

No, it does not.

Brian


Millions believe in Creationism but that doesn't make them liars, unless they knowingly distort or the truth, There are many irrational beliefs sincerely help by honest people. Much of what we hold to be true may well turn out to be wrong upon acquiring better measurement tools, etc.



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