[lbo-talk] a different kind of pseudoscience

[Jim Devine]

Bauer likes a lot of Shermer's work, but rejects his scientism, his
dogmatic rejection of all pseudoscience. Bauer sees what's normally
called "pseudoscience" as often being frontier science (and often
being hoaxes,etc.) He sees a lot of it as simply harmless (like
astrology columns in the newspaper), not something to be campaigned
against the way Shermer does. In general, he sees Shermer and
pseudoscientists as having a lot in common.

On 6/30/05, Tommy Kelly <tkelly15450 at charter.net> wrote:
> I have not had a chance to read Henry H. Bauer book, but judging from the
> first website Google had of his book -
> http://www.math.jmu.edu/~rosenhjd/shermer.htm - it doesn't look to good.
> However, if the author writes about Michael Shermer being a smug elitist
> twit, then I agree with him.

-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.