Monday, September 29, 2014
Monster science
Monster science is the equivalent of monster trucks.
A real 1940 Ford business coupe developed organically from a horse-drawn cart. (Ford's chassis was much closer to a cart than GM's 'modern' suspension systems, but it worked and lasted!) A business coupe is a vehicle with a specific PURPOSE. It is purely UTILITARIAN. It serves traveling salesmen or traveling repairmen who need to cover long distances in relative comfort while carrying lots of samples or tools. It is explicitly NOT FLASHY, because part of a salesman's message is that his company is efficient and respectable.
A monster truck CLAIMS to be a 1940 Ford business coupe. In fact it has EXACTLY ZERO connection to Fords or coupes or carts. It's a strange hydraulic contraption built solely to impress beer-soaked audiences. The thing on top is an empty fiberglass shell designed to give the impression of a Ford. It's all flash and no substance.
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A real science developed organically from normal life and business. A real science is a discipline with a specific PURPOSE. It is meant to PRODUCE useful devices or useful techniques. It is explicitly NOT FLASHY, because part of a true discipline's message is that the process is efficient and respectable.
A monster science CLAIMS to have a foundation. It CLAIMS to be standing on the shoulders of giants. In fact the foundation is an empty shell of totally insane pseudotheories, standing on top of a bizarre contraption built solely to impress money-soaked agencies and to soak up lots of their money. It does not yield any useful techniques or products. Worse, it often yields MURDEROUS techniques and EVIL products.
(Credit to Cornelius Hunter for the emphasis on PRODUCTS, which I had been neglecting.)
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Update 10/2: You can't stay ahead of these bastards with parody. From President McCain's speech today:
A real 1940 Ford business coupe developed organically from a horse-drawn cart. (Ford's chassis was much closer to a cart than GM's 'modern' suspension systems, but it worked and lasted!) A business coupe is a vehicle with a specific PURPOSE. It is purely UTILITARIAN. It serves traveling salesmen or traveling repairmen who need to cover long distances in relative comfort while carrying lots of samples or tools. It is explicitly NOT FLASHY, because part of a salesman's message is that his company is efficient and respectable.
A monster truck CLAIMS to be a 1940 Ford business coupe. In fact it has EXACTLY ZERO connection to Fords or coupes or carts. It's a strange hydraulic contraption built solely to impress beer-soaked audiences. The thing on top is an empty fiberglass shell designed to give the impression of a Ford. It's all flash and no substance.
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A real science developed organically from normal life and business. A real science is a discipline with a specific PURPOSE. It is meant to PRODUCE useful devices or useful techniques. It is explicitly NOT FLASHY, because part of a true discipline's message is that the process is efficient and respectable.
A monster science CLAIMS to have a foundation. It CLAIMS to be standing on the shoulders of giants. In fact the foundation is an empty shell of totally insane pseudotheories, standing on top of a bizarre contraption built solely to impress money-soaked agencies and to soak up lots of their money. It does not yield any useful techniques or products. Worse, it often yields MURDEROUS techniques and EVIL products.
(Credit to Cornelius Hunter for the emphasis on PRODUCTS, which I had been neglecting.)
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Update 10/2: You can't stay ahead of these bastards with parody. From President McCain's speech today:
That's why, the day I took office, I said we would rebuild our economy on a new foundation for growth and prosperity. And with dedicated, persistent effort, we have been laying the cornerstones of this new foundation every day since.Empty fiberglass shell. All flash and no substance. All counterfeit "value" and no real production.
Labels: Blinded by Stats, Carbon Cult
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