tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post8006113820334485430..comments2024-03-13T08:32:53.348-06:00Comments on SafeGrowth: The Atmospheric Theory of CrimeGSavillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000359367472580777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post-54087488745442031012020-06-30T09:56:44.485-06:002020-06-30T09:56:44.485-06:00I'm not sure I'd call acolytes of pseudo-s...I'm not sure I'd call acolytes of pseudo-scientific theories idiots, but it does suggest Kuhn was right about how revolutionary, and difficult, it is for status quo scientists to accept a paradigm shift. <br /><br />By the way, my favorite bit in the Monty Python "Miss Anne Elk" skit is this: <br /><br />MISS ELK: "My new theory - All Brontosaurus are thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the other"<br />CHRIS: "That's it, is it?"<br />MISS ELK: "Spot on, Chris."<br />CHRIS: "Well, this theory seems to have hit the nail on the head!"GSavillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000359367472580777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post-27744092768328341272020-06-30T09:19:32.036-06:002020-06-30T09:19:32.036-06:00This is the best interview with Professor Anne Elk...This is the best interview with Professor Anne Elk, explaining how idiots (RAT worshippers) cannot tell when a mere description for a thing can masquerade in their pseudo-scholarly brains for a causal explanation for its existence. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2oh8iaDysologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470745701780667870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post-15566900986083152822020-06-28T09:54:32.922-06:002020-06-28T09:54:32.922-06:00Yes, agreed. Science needs more than RAT truisms. ...Yes, agreed. Science needs more than RAT truisms. It needs evidence and replicable prediction. It's like the difference between a camera and binoculars. The former shows you a picture of what was - no matter how many pics you have they are always in the past. Binoculars let you see where you want to go and, as you collect other information during your trip, you have some idea of how to navigate forward. GSavillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000359367472580777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984215788964782472.post-47678993365621112122020-06-28T09:38:39.130-06:002020-06-28T09:38:39.130-06:00A good blog post.
The RAT triangle, like many th...A good blog post. <br /><br />The RAT triangle, like many things (including the secret of architecture noted by the Ancient Greeks) is appealing to humans because it contains the so attractive "magic" of 3. <br /><br />Fairy-tails are another case in point. Three little pigs, Three bears, three Billy Goats Gruf, etc. The notion that every crime caused itself to happen is the logical conclusion of the Routine Activity Theory (even its acronym RAT has three letters) is clearly a ludicrous fairy-tail, told and believed in by pseudoscholars lacking the intellectual ability to understand the difference between causation and truisms.<br /><br />The Monty Python show provides us with the lecture provided by Miss Anne Elk as a perfect example of such ludicrous stupidity. As thought describing what you see - like a child would - is the scientific explanation for its very existence. See https://youtu.be/hKc_1gc1pLg Dysologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470745701780667870noreply@blogger.com