Cargo Cult

substitute Uncategorized May 10, 2004 1 Minute

Hey gcrumb: is this for real?

long live John Frum? Jesus? Anyone?

Published by substitute

Published May 10, 2004

wabmart says:

May 11, 2004 at 12:15 am

Yes it’s real, and the term “cargo-cult science” (instead of the more formal “post hoc ergo propter hoc”: “after, therefore because of”) was coined by Richard Feynman himself in his 1974 Caltech commencement address.

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1. ignatz says:
  
  May 11, 2004 at 12:20 am
  
  i knew about cargo cults
  I just thought they were all gone! Wow.
  
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crowdog66 says:

May 11, 2004 at 1:07 am

I must admit, this isn’t a comment about the article in question…
… I just had to say, nice icon! Ignatz lives!

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1. ignatz says:
  
  May 11, 2004 at 1:10 am
  
  thanks! always good to meet another fan.
  
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