Monday, April 23, 2018
Scam substitution
I wonder if Bitcoin is starting to supplant "global warming" as a guaranteed way to get a grant for ratshit "research"?
In a study published April 23 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Stanford applied physics doctoral student William Gilpin described how swirling liquids, such as coffee, follow the same principles as transactions with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. This parallel between the mathematical functions governing cryptocurrencies and natural, physical processes may help in developing more advanced digital security and in understanding physical processes in nature.Sounds a lot like the usual research comparing some miscellaneous thing to "global warming", with the fake promise of using the research to improve our knowledge of "global warming". Now the research is comparing some miscellaneous thing to blockchain, with the fake promise of using the research to improve our knowledge of blockchain. Since "global warming" and blockchain are both criminal rackets, both PROVABLY AND VERIFIABLY created by CIA and NSA, the substitution makes sense for a grant-seeking academic. The agencies that commit the crimes are always looking for ways to refine the marketing and profitability of the crimes. Ordinary humans don't need to understand these rackets. We only need to recognize that they ARE rackets. We don't need to improve our knowledge of criminal activity. Just detect it and avoid it.
Labels: Carbon Cult, defensible spaces
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