Not Beck
2009-03-07 19:44:31
I’m familiar w/ Beck’s site, having been directed there myself by a friend who was impressed by his work.
It’s apparent that Beck doesn’t have the requisite background to really understand the arguments that he’s presenting. He simply seems to be arranging snippets of claims and counter-arguments that he’s found elsewhere. This technique is evident in the selection that the author has redacted.
This approach would be less problematic if he were to present his responses in the form of an annotations of cites. But instead he attempts to present himself as an authority on the range of sciences which he’s drawing upon. And in doing so, actually bastardizes their claims and findings.
