16 December 1998 - science fads

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1998 : 16 December 1998

Have you figured out chaos theory yet? Science fads are the greatest because they protect us from stupidity. Stupid scientists will do stupid science no matter what, but when they all do the same stupid science at least we know to avoid it.

clue:

Chaos theory is fine in itself, of course, but it has attracted more than its share of crackpots.

take oh take this clue away