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Amateur science should be illegal

I have been incredibly busy over the weekend -- making videos and fielding queries from all over the world.

The subject is, of course, the "mysterious drone sightings" along the East coast of the USA.

This situation has gone from humorous to absurd in little under a week and even I have been shocked at the ignorance and hysterical behaviour being demonstrated by not only the public but also politicians and officials from right across the spectrum.

Of course it's all be great for business, with my videos on the subject getting plenty of views but it's a tragic commentary on just how dumbed-down the world has become in the 21st century.

And if you want more proof of how bad things have got, Australia has it for us.

According to this Daily Mail story, an Aussie man could be facing up to 10 years in jail because he dared to have an interest in science.

His crime was importing some harmless amounts of plutonium and uranium that are sold online as samples from the periodic table of elements.

It's worth nothing that these are also elements that Australia has in abundance as natural ore reserves scattered across the continent. In fact, according to this website, Australia exported 4,820 tonnes of uranium ore in 2022, amounting to some 8 percent of the world's production.

Regardless of this, importing and posessing even harmless amounts of such radioactive subustances is a crime in Oz, punishable by up to a decade in the clink so our sciencey friend has been arrested and charged for his reckless actions.

It strikes me that this is just another case (as like the USA right now) where people in positions of power and authority have absolutely no clue what they're doing.

With luck, this Aussie will have the case tossed out by the courts but that will only be after he's suffered the indignity of arrest and likely spent a king's ransom in lawyers fees.

Will he be compensated for this injustice?

Of course not -- those who make and enforce the rules are seldom held to account for their ignorance or stupidity.

It's interesting to note that back in the USA, some politicians, reporters and news agencies are already deleting statements, reports and stories in an attempt to hide their ignorance and gullibility as the reality of those "mysterious drones" gradually emerges. Turns out, as I predicted in my very first video on the subject, that most if not all of these sightings are nothing more than regularly scheduled aircraft flights.

Rather than face the music for their stupidity, many of those who were boldly proclaiming these to be unexplained drones are now trying to erase all evidence of that stupidity from the public record.

I'm certainly hoping that when this is all over, people will have learned a couple of very important lessons:

1. Politicians are stupid and can't be trusted
2. The mainstream media is our largest source of disinformation and similarly can not be trusted

I can't wait for the next time any government tries to warn its people about the dangers of "misinformation" or "disinformation" that social media represents for they have proven that both themselves and the media are far better at dis/misinformation than any social media could ever be.

Sadly, I fear that the public are so stupid they will completely ignore the lessons that ought to be learned here and we will continue to misplace our trust and faith in those who have clearly demonstrated themselves to be not fit for purpose.

What's next?

Well I would not be surprised if the Australian government passes a law that makes it illegal for unqualified people to dabble in any form of science. It's to protect the children of course.

Carpe Diem folks!

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