Not Even Wrong: Chapter 2501
Physicists enjoy it when someone pontificates jerry-built nonsense ? nonsense based on assumptions that are known to be wrong. Physicists see this as an invitation to use their most famous dismissive phrase: “It’s not even wrong.”
Authority figure Michael Medved, in a column about deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) published May 14, 2008, demonstrates the concept of “not even wrong”:
In today?s ruthlessly competitive international economy, the United States may benefit from a potent but unheralded advantage: the aggressive edge sustained by the inherited power of American DNA…. The insight carries crucial political implications…
(Thanks to investigator Paula Trowbridge for bringing this to our attention.)