title: Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
author:  Robert L. Park 
description: Scientific error, says Robert Park, "has a way of evolving ... from self-delusion to fraud. I use the term voodoo science to cover them all: pathological science, junk science, pseudoscience, and fraudulent science." In pathological science, scientists fool themselves. Junk science refers to scientists who use their expertise to befuddle and mislead others (usually juries or lawmakers). Pseudoscience has the trappings of science without any evidence. Fraudulent science is, well, fraud--old-fashioned lying.
zlib_text: THE DANCE OF THE VOODOO HAND BAG
  
  Robert Rankin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  For my good pals
  
  across the water
  
  Jams, James and Michael
  
  And to celebrate the opening of The Flying Pig Bookshop
  
  Hip Hip Hoorah.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  A Turnip for the Book
  
  > ‘Now that’s a turnip for the book,’
  
  > The farmer said to the pastry cook.
  
  > ‘That’s a rare one, if I ever saw.’
  
  > The pastry cook was indisposed,
  
  > And both his eyes and ears were closed,
  
  > And so he never heard the farmer when the farmer swore.
  
  > ‘Here’s a strange thing that I see,’
  
  > Said the cook of the paste-ter-ee.
  
  > ‘Here’s a thing of which I’ll later boast.’
  
  > The farmer, foaming at the jaw,
  
  > Had bolted through the kitchen door,
  
  > And was far out in the desert and was making for the coast.
  
  > The farmer was always far out.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  1
  
  Paranoia is a state of heightened awareness.
  
  Most people are persecuted beyond their
  
  wildest delusions.
  
  CLAUDE STEINER
  
  The doctor Said that I was a paranoid schizophrenic. Well, he didn’t ac