It Is A Fraud

Scientist found the missing link. Just in time for the 200 year anniversary of Darwin's "discovery." How do I know this is fraud? Look at the pattern: An amateur discovered it. It is the proof people needed. There is a media launch which presents it a fait accompli. It cannot be studied too closely.

One thing to keep in mind, when dealing with scientists, there is no group of people who are more gullible than scientists. For all of their insistence on "scientific method" they regularly fall for the most nonsensical evidence.

And Darwin-believers seem to be the most gullible of all, with at least four previously famous frauds:

1. The Piltdown man

2. The Java man

3. The Peking man (it hasn't been proven a fraud because it disappeared)

4. The Ernst Haeckel drawings of embryonics as proof of evolution (you probably saw these as "science" in your high school textbook, even though they were proven fakes 100 years earlier.)

These frauds (and there are actually many more) were all bird-dogged by amateurs or otherwise the uninitiated. This makes it seem lucky or sincere. It is the proof they were waiting for, specifically answers a theory doubters posed. Paleontologists are as a group doubtful on Darwinism, so in this case it answers their doubts. Science is about validity and reliability, but this "discovery" was studied secretly and features breathless celebrities attesting to it; not exactly the scientific method. This will be shown to the public for one day and then back to Norway. A public showing for once day will hardly allow other scientists to study it, and it is set in resin which rather militates against close scrutiny.

My father was an English prof and once lamented bad literature kept getting taught because it was still literature. He envied the science departments because once something was proven false, they dumped it from the curriculum.

Is Darwinism the exception? One thing you learn to do in business is look for patterns. Forget about the content or covering, and look at the pattern. Magic shows can be categorized into about three tricks, and every trick is a variation on one of the themes. Once you know the tricks, you know where to look to catch the trick being played. After that magic shows are dull. Financial scams can be reduced to probably three patterns, the ponzi scheme, cheating at cards and the pigeon drop. Once you spot the set-up, you can avoid the rip-off.

There is a fellow doing great business testing government statistics (and generally finding them wrong.) There is probably a good business testing scientific claims. It would likely be a import service, since science costs less to manage overseas than in USA.

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