tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post8385100098647937729..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Profs miss out on Counterknowledge award......BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-65261361496144993412010-12-12T15:26:36.770+00:002010-12-12T15:26:36.770+00:00I know it's all a bit of fun -- But the fact t...I know it's all a bit of fun -- But the fact that Prince Charles "won" the 2008 award tell us a fair bit about how the voters are manipulated by the media. There is a right-wing / libertarian / anti science agenda, fed by certain sections of the media -- and Prince Charles is lampooned by that part of the media for his supposed tendency to pontificate on things he knows nothing about. He is attacked, for instance, on his "credulous acceptance of GM conspiracy theories." Well, I happen to know a fair bit about what Prince Charles has actually said about GM -- and he has an in-depth knowledge of the issues that is infinitely greater than that of the clowns who pontificate about his supposed ignorance. He's pretty well spot on, which is why those who hate regulation and precaution get so angry with him......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-54030694511651026362010-12-12T13:52:46.446+00:002010-12-12T13:52:46.446+00:00Coincidentally, I am just now re-reading Damian Th...Coincidentally, I am just now re-reading Damian Thompson's 2008 edition of 'Counterknowledge'. Sadly, I missed the online vote. Interestingly, the author was credited as editor-in-chief of the Catholic Herald and a leader writer for the Daily Telegraph. Perhaps anti-bs is finally reaching the mainstream media? We can only hope.Barrie Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005992230170654665noreply@blogger.com