http://www.itskeptic.org/taxonomy/term/195 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.itskeptic.org/gullibility <p>Telesales advertisers and other hustling snake-oilers no longer use images of “thousands of dedicated” white-coated scientists and bubbling test tubes. Science is out of favour with the general public due to the rise of post-modernism, new age, alternative this and that, and other bilge thinking. The only positive to this gradual erosion of the Western world’s intelligence is the demise of science as an image of credibility with marketers. </p> <p>The same has not happened with computers. </p> <p><a href="http://www.itskeptic.org/gullibility">read more</a></p> http://www.itskeptic.org/gullibility#comments http://www.itskeptic.org/crss/node/1339 skepticism Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:06:25 -0600 skeptic 1339 at http://www.itskeptic.org http://www.itskeptic.org/10-things-i-dont-get-either <p>Oh this is great skepticism about IT in general: <a href="http://advice.cio.com/thomas_wailgum/10_things_i_just_dont_get_about_tech" target="_blank">10 Things I Just Don't Get About Tech</a> by Thomas Wailgum.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itskeptic.org/10-things-i-dont-get-either">read more</a></p> http://www.itskeptic.org/10-things-i-dont-get-either#comments http://www.itskeptic.org/crss/node/1450 skepticism Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:31:57 -0600 skeptic 1450 at http://www.itskeptic.org