[lbo-talk] The Conspiracy Industry

[ravi]

At around 14/10/06 10:55 am, Michael Givel wrote:
> 
> In an article about the Popular Mechanics 9/11
> report, Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer makes an
> important observation about the conspiracist method: "The mistaken
> belief that a handful of unexplained anomalies can undermine a
> well-established theory lies at the heart of all conspiratorial
> thinking...
>

Ha ha! I guess I should have prepared myself for such reasoning, but I
must confess I was caught off guard by this one. Of course a handful of
unexplained anomalies *CAN* undermine a well-established theory. It
would instead be worthwhile to ask if they necessarily do: They do not.

	--ravi