tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796221668764867227.post2532269598871687623..comments2023-12-17T04:51:36.196-06:00Comments on Bibliophemera: A letter from Tiffany Thayer of the Fortean SocietyChuck Whitinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535408831418392506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796221668764867227.post-67733829050328060902011-09-05T15:23:14.403-05:002011-09-05T15:23:14.403-05:00Thanks, Dave. So much more could have been written...Thanks, Dave. So much more could have been written about Thayer, but others have and the links are there. He was quite a character with his extreme views on certain things. Quoting from the Skinner article:<br /><br />"Civil defence was a fraud. Lie detectors were a hoax. Tonsillectomies caused polio, and Salk’s vaccine was a “nasty concoction”. Both World Wars were frauds, a conspiracy between the Allies and the Axis. Atomic power was a hoax, because atoms didn’t exist. Sputnik was a fake. UFOs were a scheme by the military to raise the defence budget. The papers (or “wypers,” as he liked to call them) only printed lies. Higher maths was gibberish, a con game created by mathematicians. Marriage licenses should be abolished: demanding a rake-off for sexual relationships made the state into a pimp. Religion was a swindle. There was no gold at Fort Knox. Vaccination and fluoridation caused disease. Air travel should be abolished – it was unsafe, and nobody did anything worthwhile with the time saved. And, again and again, all scientific research and expeditions were shameless frauds to steal money from taxpayers." And there was more!Chuck Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535408831418392506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796221668764867227.post-13129878731955903082011-09-05T06:40:11.011-05:002011-09-05T06:40:11.011-05:00Wonderful story to 'Go-With'!Wonderful story to 'Go-With'!MrCachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380421021822593083noreply@blogger.com