"esotericmaster" wrote in message
om...
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/...sm/drasin.html

What is "debunkery"? Essentially it is the attempt to debunk
(invalidate) new information and insight by substituting scientistic
propaganda for the scientific method.


Wrong!

The word "debunk" despite your attempt to spin it, actually means: To expose
or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of.

Word History: One can readily see that debunk is constructed from the
prefix de-, meaning "to remove," and the word bunk. But what is the origin
of the word bunk, denoting the nonsense that is to be removed? Bunk came
from a place where much bunk has originated, the United States Congress.
During the 16th Congress (1819-1821) Felix Walker, a representative from
western North Carolina whose district included Buncombe County, carried on
with a dull speech in the face of protests by his colleagues. Walker later
explained he had felt obligated "to make a speech for Buncombe." Such a
masterful symbol for empty talk could not be ignored by the speakers of the
language, and Buncombe, spelled Bunkum in its first recorded appearance in
1828 and later shortened to bunk, became synonymous with claptrap. The
response to all this bunk seems to have been delayed, for debunk is not
recorded until 1923.