Ethics

Orac vs Deepak Chopra

By Ed Brayton

I'm glad to see Orac go after Deepak Chopra, a man I have long regarded as one of the most transparent and ridiculous con men in the world. I like his response to this particularly idiotic claim by Chopra:

A sort of bitter satisfaction is what they reap. No skeptic, to my knowledge, ever made a major scientific discovery or advanced the welfare of others. Typically they sit by the side of the road with a sign that reads "You're Wrong" so that every passerby, whether an Einstein, Gandhi, Newton, or Darwin, can gain the benefit of their illuminated skepticism. For make no mistake, the skeptics of the past were as eager to shoot down new theories as they are to worship the old ones once science has validated them.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).