Cargo Cult

[substitute]

Hey gcrumb: is this for real?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/08/1083911455208.html

long live John Frum? Jesus? Anyone?

Comments

[wabmart.livejournal.com]

Yes it's real, and the term "cargo-cult science" (instead of the more formal "post hoc ergo propter hoc": "after, therefore because of") was coined by Richard Feynman himself in his 1974 Caltech commencement address.

i knew about cargo cults

[substitute.livejournal.com]

I just thought they were all gone! Wow.

[crowdog66.livejournal.com]

I must admit, this isn't a comment about the article in question...

... I just had to say, nice icon! Ignatz lives!

[substitute.livejournal.com]

thanks! always good to meet another fan.