Re: Expelled: If you don't believe in holy physics dogma ; you're

On Jun 18, 8:59=A0pm, Benj <bjac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I just saw Ben Stein's do***entary "Expelled: no intelligence allowed"
> over at the $1 theater and it was a great piece of work. Namely those
> promoting the dogma of establishment science. =A0This is a subject near
> and dear to my heart upon which I have been known to post here
> repeatedly, but it always bears bringing the subject up one more
> time.
>
> Although this film is on the subject of publi****ng papers on
> "intelligent design" and the attacks upon one career that occur if
> such transgressions against establishment dogma are even suggested let
> alone advocated, the same actions can be equally seen if one chooses
> to discuss a whole host of "anti-establishment" topics. I leave it as
> an exercise for the interested student to make a list of topics upon
> which any attempt to publish credible research will be a fast track to
> the unemployment line.
>
> The attacks always take the same form. The author is accused of
> "pseudoscience". The authors find that grants and sup****t dry up.
> Papers are rejected. Jobs suddenly become unavailable. You get fired.
> You get denied tenure and not for the normal reasons like being a
> woman or not willing to grovel before the tenured faculty. Attacks
> often extend to being accused of mental illness or incompetence.
>
> So what is going on? I'll tell you. The problem, dear reader, is YOU!
> You are simply too smart and too perceptive to be allowed free reign
> in a world ruled by mass politics. You can too easily see through the
> myriad political scams designed to keep those who rule, in power and
> rich! Hence, a way had to be found to control you and keep you in
> line! And what is that way? It's the "university" system that has been
> developed along with "peer review" and government and other
> "controlled" funding of research that makes sure that certain topics
> and certain ideas are never given free and open discussion. =A0You ALL
> know this is true. But most of you can't say a thing though because
> unlike me, you still have a career in science that can be lost.
>
> This do***entary is especially interesting to me in that it pulls very
> few punches. It makes the connection between communist doctrine and
> establishment dogma. It makes the connection, for example between
> Hitler's death camps for the disabled and other "defectives" and the
> American "Eugenics" research at Cold Harbor (which by the way, changed
> its name but still exists) that Hitler was so taken with. It points
> out the connection between atheism (the state religion of leftist
> regimes) and Darwinism. And best of all it shows the draconian
> punishment awaiting any research who steps even a little bit out of
> line! =A0Yes, Virginia they WILL "make an example of you" if you drift
> even a little bit into a "forbidden zone"!
>
> All of you out there, listen to me. If you are just the least bit
> interested in REAL science, this do***entary is required viewing. It
> should soon be out on DVD so go steal a copy from a friend or if you
> must, rent it from Blockbuster. Your first lesson in science boys and
> girls is that science is NOT the pure exercise of intellect and free
> inquiry you thought it was. It is about making sure that aspects of
> knowledge that threaten the power of the elite stay tightly
> "controlled". There is POLITICS right down at =A0the core of modern
> science and sorry to say, politics operates best with lies. And it's
> high time you all learned how this politics works whether you choose
> to join in the lies or work to eliminate them.
>
> Ok. Now all you with the GS rating can start posting the suggestion
> that I go look for my "tinfoil hat". Of course you haven't viewed this
> movie and never will, but I'm sure you are nevertheless convinced that
> it's all "pseudoscience", lies and right wing Christian tripe. [All
> perpetrated by the well-known right wing Christian evangelist Ben
> Stein! =A0:-) ]
>
> Our profession is in dire need of a good housecleaning! =A0I say this
> do***entary is one good step in the right direction.


What's this "our" ****, Kimosabe?