Thursday, September 3, 2015

130  YEARS  OF  BASHING  SCIENCE  WITH  HOCKEY  STICKS


As the Climate Wars enter their second century, a London Review of Books double review of:
The Wright Brothers   and 
Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Is Shaping Our Future 
oddly recalls recent vanity press efforts to interrupt scientific careers: 


'There are a number of suggestive parallels between Musk and the Wrights...One very odd thing is a parallel to do with bullies: Musk was set on and beaten half to death by a gang of thugs at his school
...
Wilbur Wright was attacked so badly at the age of 18 – beaten with a hockey stick – that he took years to recover from his injuries
  His  assailant ,  Oliver Crook Haugh , went on to become a notorious serial killer."