Thought Leaders and Cargo Cult Intellectuals
Richard Feynman used the term “cargo cult science” to describe something that has the superficial trappings of science but operate closer to the level of storytelling. “How the Leopard Got its Spots” is not science, but the explanation might satisfy Deepak Chopra. This is from Feynman’s 1974 commencement speech at Caltech: During the Middle Ages …