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torquillI was skimming through other peoples' Friends pages and ran across this link to the "Triangle of Life" article by Doug Copp. I was impressed by the theory -- that there is a better alternative to Duck and Cover when you're caught in an earthquake -- but I ran Doug Copp's name through Google out of habit. It's always good to get confirmation that people really are "leading experts".
One of the first five hits I got led to Snopes.
Okay, what does the urban legends site say about the Triangle of Life? "Status: Multiple — see below." They don't say it's total BS, nor do they refute specific things... but they have a bunch of links to legitimate disaster relief orgs which take their own shots at Doug Copp. So.... while not a total fraud, this probably isn't the great solution to earthquake preparation that people would like it to be.
Grain of salt time. And I'm glad I have that habit of checking peoples' credentials when I haven't heard of them before.
One of the first five hits I got led to Snopes.
Okay, what does the urban legends site say about the Triangle of Life? "Status: Multiple — see below." They don't say it's total BS, nor do they refute specific things... but they have a bunch of links to legitimate disaster relief orgs which take their own shots at Doug Copp. So.... while not a total fraud, this probably isn't the great solution to earthquake preparation that people would like it to be.
Grain of salt time. And I'm glad I have that habit of checking peoples' credentials when I haven't heard of them before.
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Date: 2005-03-27 01:25 (UTC)-M
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Date: 2005-03-27 02:42 (UTC)The guy's name was Dr. H. J. Roberts... I'm sure you'll get a lot of links to anti-aspartame groups, but it might be fun to see whether he shows up anywhere else.
In case anyone else is curious -- this was a letter to the editor with about 25 references cited. All but one were citing the author himself in other works. The last one was a letter to the Wall Street Journal's letters section. :)