X-Message-Number: 19780 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:12:01 -0400 From: Subject: Federal Reserve and the Paranormal (re CSICOP) >Neither the Federal Reserve, nor Social Security, nor the FDA, nor US foreign aid, nor the public schools make any claims of the paranormal, so they fall outside CSICOP's stated mission. ? I'd say that claiming to increase the real wealth of a society by inflating and deflating the medium used to measure profit and loss falls squarely into the realm of the paranormal. Likewise the FDA claims to increase overall health by removing options from patients and doctors. These are clearly religious beliefs in the sacrament of force, not scientifically verifiable claims. -Bill PS Of course none of this is CSICOP's fault, and I do read their magazine... Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19780