09-13-2017, 08:24 AM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
Unfortunately those Proto-protectors were right in one way, there was a long term disaster. Except it wasn't Cassini, it was the Proto-protectors themselves who left behind a legacy of radioactive lies which seemingly can never be safely disposed of with reason or science or the truth.
Entirely correct - but that seems to be their objective. I spoke to a social scientist at a conference some years ago who had studied that controversy and she said that many thousands of emails were generated endorsing the alleged threats but they all could be traced back to three individuals who initiated the bogus claims. A small minority able to manipulate the scientifically naive masses to try to block a valuable project... We're not as far from the Salem witch trials as we'd like to think...