{"id":615,"date":"2013-06-05T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2013\/06\/05\/the_causes_of_tidal_waves_yeah\/"},"modified":"2013-06-05T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T02:22:11","slug":"the-causes-of-tidal-waves-yeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2013\/06\/05\/the-causes-of-tidal-waves-yeah\/","title":{"rendered":"The causes of tidal waves (yeah, right)"},"content":{"rendered":"

 Pseudoscience<\/a> – the packaging of absolute gibberish in clever sounding scientific terms – is nothing new. Here’s an example my father-in-law has sent me, from the West Coast Times of 27 October 1869: Tidal Waves and their Causes<\/a>. It’s a newspaper report of a lecture given in Melbourne on the causes of tsunami. I get the impression that the writer of the article wasn’t taken by the explanation. I love the phrase "Having satisfied himself on that point…", rather suggesting that he hadn’t satisfied anyone else in the room. Enjoy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Pseudoscience – the packaging of absolute gibberish in clever sounding scientific terms – is nothing new. Here’s an example my father-in-law has sent me, from the West Coast Times of 27 October 1869: Tidal Waves and their Causes. It’s a newspaper report of a lecture given in Melbourne on the causes of tsunami. 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