What’s the harm in believing pseudoscience?
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless
Colonel [Hal] Bidlack said, “When they say they are selling you something that will save your son or daughter on a patrol, they’ve crossed an insupportable line into moral depravity.”
Someone in that company, ATSC (UK) Ltd, must know that they are selling absolute garbage. According to the article, they have made $85 MILLION lying to people in a way that endangers lives. That’s not just swindling, that’s murder. I almost wish there was a hell for people like that.
*kicks something*
I’m a brand new post-doc in astronomy working as part of the 
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Steve // November 4, 2009 at 10:42 |
Divining rods? Guh!
Tim // November 4, 2009 at 21:09 |
The money quote, for me, was: “Can you imagine dogs at all 400 checkpoints in Baghdad?” General Jabiri said. “The city would be a zoo.”
A hundred and fifty people may have died, BUT AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T TURN THE CITY INTO A ZOO…RIGHT?
My hope is that this WILL turn into a big stink with lots of bad publicity. I’d be pretty pissed if my offspring or spouse or friend were over there and I found out they were searching for bombs by friggin’ DOWSING. I can’t imagine many military friends and families will be all too happy to hear about this. And if good science gets a boost in the process, all the better.
The Meatriarchy // November 5, 2009 at 08:46 |
Tim that money quote said more than you might think. I used to live near a predominantly muslin neighborhood in Toronto. Whenever I walked my two dogs (Belgian Shepherds) along the main street people would jump out of the way in panic. It was actually quite comical to watch.
Muslims (at least a significant component of them) don’t seem to like dogs (even though the Koran apparently says it’s OK to have them for work related purposes)