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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:58:17 EDT
Subject: CSICOP insufficiently skeptical

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  The problem with CSICOP is that its leadership uncritically accepts any 
idea as long as it is fashionable and popular among the powerful. CSICOP will 
expose "cults" (defined as any religion small enough not to have political 
power), but they don't take on the really big frauds. When was the last time 
the Skeptical Inquirer ran an article on the workings of the Federal Reserve? 
Or Social Security? Or US foreign "aid"? Or the FDA? Or publik skools? Or 
Drug Prohibition?
  Of course we shouldn't expect too much of humans; most of the human 
skeptical gene pool was killed off arond 10,000 BC for applying too much 
skepticism to the first god-kings. Don't worry; as soon as cryonics is big 
enough to have good lobbyists and lawyers, CSICOP will move on to attacking 
some smaller target. -Bill

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