{"id":573884221,"date":"2012-12-05T23:35:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T05:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573884221"},"modified":"2012-12-09T22:49:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T04:49:27","slug":"that-which-cannot-be-argued-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/12\/05\/that-which-cannot-be-argued-with\/","title":{"rendered":"That which cannot be argued with"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone sent me a message, identifying me as a “science nut.” Well, no, but OK. Watch this video, they said, tell me what you think. I watched 32 seconds of it. The logos and graphics did not comport with anything that made sense. <\/p>\n

I do not, I said, put any stock in this video. <\/p>\n

But au contraire, the person that sent me this video disagreed, as you might imagine. This person put a great deal into it. “There are 14 peer reports and over 27 self funded university studies published.”<\/p>\n

There were not. There are 12. Most conducted by the the company marketing the product. Ten of those were performed in a circumstance that don’t actually produce any results, but reads like a fishing expedition. Two human tests have been done. One of them makes no sense, the other disagrees with the company’s marketing. <\/p>\n

You often here, in commercials shilling shady products, impressive lines like “double blind” and “independent study.” Sounds impressive at least, and moved the person that wrote me.<\/p>\n

The note concluded thusly: “Can’t argue with science.”<\/p>\n

Oh, well, then. I had no idea.<\/p>\n

Here’s this week’s<\/strong> Crimson. There are a few errors, there are always a few, but generally it is a very sharp effort. Given that finals are looming, I’m proud of all of their hard work. <\/p>\n

\"night\"<\/center><\/p>\n

The story that goes with that lead art is here<\/a>. You can, of course, go here<\/a> for the rest.<\/p>\n

Charter will pull<\/strong> their people from social media<\/a>. I’ve found it is best not to try to make sense of anything Charter does. It is also best not to try to make sense of anything Charter doesn’t do. It is best to just not consider Charter.<\/p>\n

This is the place where nihilism and solipsism (ahem) intersect. Such Cartesian dualism has no place in dealing with such highly intellectual types like those answering the phones at Charter. <\/p>\n

The New York Post<\/strong> photograph? Should have never been published. David Carr<\/a> minces few words on it. Gawker asked Pulitzer-winning<\/a> photogs for their takes on the issue. <\/p>\n

Lots of great stuff there, including: <\/p>\n