When science was still a mystery
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Re: When science was still a mystery
Hey, great men have been wrong at times
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Anny Bessent was head of the Theosophical movement, a psuedo scientific organization/movement I was interested in way back. The link between science and the divine was a cornerstone of their thinking.
Woo in other words. .
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I found reference to/speeches by the Theosophical Movement when I was doing WWII speeches. I had to look it up.Rum wrote:Anny Bessent was head of the Theosophical movement, a psuedo scientific organization/movement I was interested in way back. The link between science and the divine was a cornerstone of their thinking.
Woo in other words. .

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We still have bits of preudoscience left: scientology, homeopathy, gaia.
I would only have sympathy for the gaians.
I would only have sympathy for the gaians.
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The Gaians are useful in keeping the health of the planet in the public's eye. They're a subset of environmentalist, the cousin nobody wants to talk about.Tero wrote:We still have bits of preudoscience left: scientology, homeopathy, gaia.
I would only have sympathy for the gaians.
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Because they're either pointless or batshit (depending on how they define 'gaia')Gawdzilla wrote:The Gaians are useful in keeping the health of the planet in the public's eye. They're a subset of environmentalist, the cousin nobody wants to talk about.Tero wrote:We still have bits of preudoscience left: scientology, homeopathy, gaia.
I would only have sympathy for the gaians.

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Ah, back when vril was a scientifically tenable hypothesis...
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