01-08-2014, 07:47 PM
A quote well worth repeating from that link:
"Tracy: There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis. Again, this is where one must use careful discretion to interpret between worthwhile information and evaluation versus misguided and poorly-conceived study.
Because conspiracy research communities have no institutional bearings or specific research theories and traditions, as do academic schools of thought that take the shape of "disciplines" or "fields" with often considerable organizational and financial resources, there is a tendency toward infighting and fractiousness. This is much more so the case than in academe where such disagreements, in the rare event they are exhibited, are often subsumed in other actions that enforce ideological conformity. These include the refusal by scholarly organizations and their publications to entertain countervailing analyses and, ultimately, the denial of employment, promotion, tenure, and meaningful professional relationships. Compulsory toleration of peers is entirely absent given the voluntary nature of conspiracy research collectives. At the same time, a critical sense that comes with researching government conspiracies, combined with known attempts by government to "cognitively infiltrate" such research communities, can sometimes lead to unwarranted suspicion of colleagues or public figures and their motives."
I'm adding that one to my siggy!
Hah! "As this response is written, the United States is arguably being undermined by the Obama administration's politicization and exploitation of the nation's immigration policies."... I believe the policy to which Tracy refers now was implemented by the GW Bush administration. So Obama inherited that, along with war, drone strikes, Osama in hiding, a crippled health care system, ballooning deficits, and a bad economy. (Of course, all Presidents inherit the problems their predecessors leave behind, and they should get to reap accolades when they find a way to cope with the wayward step-children.)
"Tracy: There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis. Again, this is where one must use careful discretion to interpret between worthwhile information and evaluation versus misguided and poorly-conceived study.
Because conspiracy research communities have no institutional bearings or specific research theories and traditions, as do academic schools of thought that take the shape of "disciplines" or "fields" with often considerable organizational and financial resources, there is a tendency toward infighting and fractiousness. This is much more so the case than in academe where such disagreements, in the rare event they are exhibited, are often subsumed in other actions that enforce ideological conformity. These include the refusal by scholarly organizations and their publications to entertain countervailing analyses and, ultimately, the denial of employment, promotion, tenure, and meaningful professional relationships. Compulsory toleration of peers is entirely absent given the voluntary nature of conspiracy research collectives. At the same time, a critical sense that comes with researching government conspiracies, combined with known attempts by government to "cognitively infiltrate" such research communities, can sometimes lead to unwarranted suspicion of colleagues or public figures and their motives."
I'm adding that one to my siggy!
Hah! "As this response is written, the United States is arguably being undermined by the Obama administration's politicization and exploitation of the nation's immigration policies."... I believe the policy to which Tracy refers now was implemented by the GW Bush administration. So Obama inherited that, along with war, drone strikes, Osama in hiding, a crippled health care system, ballooning deficits, and a bad economy. (Of course, all Presidents inherit the problems their predecessors leave behind, and they should get to reap accolades when they find a way to cope with the wayward step-children.)
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."