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Berlum

(7,044 posts) Sun Sep 8, 2013, 11:43 AM Sep 2013

Peer-reviewed study proves: Poo stinkier than Woo [View all]

The latest results from a rigorous, authoritative peer-reviewed study* establish beyond a shadow of a doubt that Poo is stinkier than Woo.

Poo -- academically defined as corporately funded "scientific research" and PR propaganda -- was unanimously found to be 10X times stinkier and more suspect than 'Woo' (a corporately coined term intended to deride and dismiss out of hand anything that does not make Massive Mega-Buck Profits for corporately funded "science."

Link to a serious paper by the Union of Concerned Scientists: "How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense" http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/abuses_of_science/how-corporations-corrupt-science.html

* Rigorous, authoritative study was conducted by a panel of me and my buddies (aka peers ) sitting around my kitchen table collectively swilling down a case of local brew, aka "Peer Beer."

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Peer-reviewed study proves: Poo stinkier than Woo [View all] Berlum Sep 2013 OP

"Woo" has been the new meme here on DU... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #1

Yup. It's a way of dismissing things without giving them due consideration Berlum Sep 2013 #3

Rove took "The Prince" to heart... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #4

Yep. Just like "emo" was a few months back. Must be interns making this stuff up. n/t n2doc Sep 2013 #6

I missed "Emo"! Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #8

If you regard 2005 as 'new' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #17

It's been used to an expanded degree as of late... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #21

LOL what an excellent term leftstreet Sep 2013 #2

Yup. laundry_queen Sep 2013 #5

yes it is...We have Ratheon, Lockhead Martin, GE, Johnson and Johnson, etc all "contributing" adirondacker Sep 2013 #16

exactly. laundry_queen Sep 2013 #22

Speaking of poo jsr Sep 2013 #7

Scientific American: "Corporate Control Over GMO Research" Berlum Sep 2013 #9

Honest Independent Science Berlum Sep 2013 #10

Thanks! I'm going to borrow this. pnwmom Sep 2013 #12

Thanks for the article! nt pnwmom Sep 2013 #11

"Climate change dictates that we need biotechnology." Precisely Sep 2013 #13

You're wrong on one point -- woo can be profitable, too. Jim Lane Sep 2013 #20

It can be but orders of magnitude count here. nt laundry_queen Sep 2013 #23

Poo tops woo in profitability arikara Sep 2013 #25

Many of the alternatives that are Poo-Pooed Precisely Sep 2013 #28

Frankenflies Precisely Sep 2013 #14

From somebody that believes in chemtrails. mathematic Sep 2013 #15

I have no use for beliefs Berlum Sep 2013 #18

Nobody on DU is dumb enough to believe in chemtrails. zappaman Sep 2013 #30

Woo is a corporately coined term? progressoid Sep 2013 #19

Yeah, that's bullshit. sagat Sep 2013 #34

how about if I don't believe either. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #24

I think you meant "Pee Review." Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #26

Love this! K , R and bookmarked. n/t Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 #27

Thank you! I am bookmarking to use during the next invasion of DU by corporate trolls. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #29

10...9...8...7... Berlum Sep 2013 #31

I've noticed something on this site. If you are not anti-GMO you are bullied, insulted, liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #32

Nah. You have it backwards. The GMO Mutant Corps are occultly shoving GMO crud down our throats Berlum Sep 2013 #35

Yeah, we here at DU certainly want to be the forerunners in promoting junk science... etherealtruth Sep 2013 #33

The OP juxtaposes Woo with Poo - it endorses neither Berlum Sep 2013 #36

Nope etherealtruth Sep 2013 #37