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	How Gullible Are We?

Hunnybun

7-17-2007 12:40 PM

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Hunnybun says:

I'm not sure if this one has done the rounds, but I thought it proved an extremely valuable point!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8e2076c1-2cc5-4936-a4b3-c36d65e3b5e9/90452102-C91D-4222-84AC-02027D244304/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html" href="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theburningbiscuit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><FONT size="7" color="#333333">How Gullible Are We?</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><FONT size="+1">A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at 
		the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair. He was attempting to show how 
		conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and 
		spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged 
		people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination 
		of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide."</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><FONT size="+1">And for 
		plenty of good reasons, since:
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><OL>
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			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">it can cause excessive sweating and vomiting </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">it is a major component in acid rain </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">accidental inhalation can kill you </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">it contributes to erosion </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
			</LI>
			</FONT>
		</OL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><FONT size="+1">He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the 
		chemical.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><UL>
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			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Forty-three (43) said yes, </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Six (6) were undecided, </LI>
			<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Only one (1) knew that the chemical was water.
			</LI>
			</FONT>
		</UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><FONT size="+1">The title of his prize winning project was, "How 
		Gullible Are We?"</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theburningbiscuit.com/HowGullibleAreWe.html"><FONT size="+1">He feels the conclusion is 
		obvious.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/90452102-C91D-4222-84AC-02027D244304/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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