Remember our recent post of the Daily Mail’s tube-map for generating head-lines and news “stories”? We have a different kind of map for you, the common thread being… well… stupidity.
We stole this from Crispian Jago, who runs Science, Reason and Critical Thinking. Bet you never associated those words with the Daily Moaner. Crispian, who sounds like a seriously brainy bloke who we would normally avoid, describes himself as the unofficial jester to the Court of Skepticism. And having little better to do, he has compiled a Periodic Table — of Irrational Nonsense. Click on the thumbnail below to get the big version .
Remember the one they shoved down your throat at school — the one that maps all the elements which make up everything in the known Universe, including your Auntie Vera? Well, this is nothing like that.
This is basically a map of the country of Stupidia. You may not have been there, but you will have heard of it. Its inhabitants are woefully ignorant, (which is no shame at all, as you can’t know something until you’ve found it out ). But they are also proud of their ignorance. Indeed, they glory in it, bathe in it, wallow in it.
It’s where Republicans live, and a lot more Americans as well. But the UK has its own people who have emigrated there. David Eycke for one. And people who name their kids Waitrose and Asbo . And maybe your Auntie Vera. See how everything ties up?
A lot of the “elements” on this table we had never heard of. What exactly is “Angel Therapy ?” No, don’t tell us… we’ll only get more confused.
And we thought Shiatsu was a dog !