Guest guest Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 This is a very interesting site with Steven J. Milloy is the founder and publisher of JunkScience.com and CSRwatch.com ; an investment adviser to the Free Enterprise Action Fund ; and a columnist for FoxNews.com . The site, JunkScience.com, has received a number of awards, and Popular Science feels it's one of the Web's top 50 sites. He debunks what he calls " Junk Science. " His definition of that is: " ... faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas. The junk science " mob " includes: The MEDIA may use junk science for sensational headlines and programming. Some members of the media use junk science to advance their and their employers' social and political agendas. PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS may use junk science to bamboozle juries into awarding huge verdicts. Large verdicts may then be used to extort even greater sums from deep-pocket businesses fearful of future jury verdicts. SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, such as the " food police, " environmental extremists, and gun-control advocates, may use junk science to achieve social and political change. GOVERNMENT REGULATORS may use junk science to expand their authority and to increase their budgets. BUSINESSES may use junk science to bad-mouth competitors' products or to make bogus claims about their own products. POLITICIANS may use junk science to curry favor with special interest groups or to be " politically correct. " INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS may use junk science to achieve fame and fortune. INDIVIDUALS who are ill (real or imagined) may use junk science to blame others for causing their illness. He has an interesting short course on " Junk Science Judo " which you may want to check out. He also some has some good articles that relate to some of the issues discussed o this group. It may be a bit elementary for some, but perhaps not for others. Just thought the site might be interesting to some, Lynn http://www.junkscience.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I think that you will be disappointed about his view, they are very pro corporation, pro chemical.........pro medicinal industrial........Den 01/03/2008 kl. 18.10 skrev Lynn Ward:This is a very interesting site with Steven J. Milloy is the founder and publisher ofJunkScience.com and CSRwatch.com ; an investment adviser to the Free Enterprise Action Fund ; and a columnist for FoxNews.com . The site, JunkScience.com, has received a number of awards, and Popular Science feels it's one of the Web's top 50 sites.He debunks what he calls "Junk Science." His definition of that is: "... faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas. The junk science "mob" includes: The MEDIA may use junk science for sensational headlines and programming. Some members of the media use junk science to advance their and their employers' social and political agendas.PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS may use junk science to bamboozle juries into awarding huge verdicts. Large verdicts may then be used to extort even greater sums from deep-pocket businesses fearful of future jury verdicts.SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, such as the "food police," environmental extremists, and gun-control advocates, may use junk science to achieve social and political change.GOVERNMENT REGULATORS may use junk science to expand their authority and to increase their budgets.BUSINESSES may use junk science to bad-mouth competitors' products or to make bogus claims about their own products.POLITICIANS may use junk science to curry favor with special interest groups or to be "politically correct."INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS may use junk science to achieve fame and fortune.INDIVIDUALS who are ill (real or imagined) may use junk science to blame others for causing their illness.He has an interesting short course on "Junk Science Judo" which you may want to check out. He also some has some good articles that relate to some of the issues discussed o this group. It may be a bit elementary for some, but perhaps not for others. Just thought the site might be interesting to some,Lynnhttp://www.junkscience.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 At 08:56 PM 3/1/2008, you wrote: The thing is, I think one needs to evaluate all the available information if one is truly to be informed - not just that which supports an already held view or opinion. I think that you will be disappointed about his view, they are very pro corporation, pro chemical.........pro medicinal industrial........ Den 01/03/2008 kl. 18.10 skrev Lynn Ward: This is a very interesting site with Steven J. Milloy is the founder and publisher ofJunkScience.com and CSRwatch.com ; an investment adviser to the Free Enterprise Action Fund ; and a columnist for FoxNews.com . The site, JunkScience.com, has received a number of awards, and Popular Science feels it's one of the Web's top 50 sites. He debunks what he calls " Junk Science. " His definition of that is: " ... faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas. The junk science " mob " includes: The MEDIA may use junk science for sensational headlines and programming. Some members of the media use junk science to advance their and their employers' social and political agendas. PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS may use junk science to bamboozle juries into awarding huge verdicts. Large verdicts may then be used to extort even greater sums from deep-pocket businesses fearful of future jury verdicts. SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, such as the " food police, " environmental extremists, and gun-control advocates, may use junk science to achieve social and political change. GOVERNMENT REGULATORS may use junk science to expand their authority and to increase their budgets. BUSINESSES may use junk science to bad-mouth competitors' products or to make bogus claims about their own products. POLITICIANS may use junk science to curry favor with special interest groups or to be " politically correct. " INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS may use junk science to achieve fame and fortune. INDIVIDUALS who are ill (real or imagined) may use junk science to blame others for causing their illness. He has an interesting short course on " Junk Science Judo " which you may want to check out. He also some has some good articles that relate to some of the issues discussed o this group. It may be a bit elementary for some, but perhaps not for others. Just thought the site might be interesting to some, Lynn http://www.junkscience.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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