Bomb dowser inventor arrested
Remember the recent blurb on our blog concerning a British company that sells bomb detection devices to developing countries that are nothing more than fancy-looking dowsing rods?
Well, the head-honcho of said company has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Apparently he was questioned after someone complained that he misrepresented the devices.
Someone? Skeptics have been complaining about this tragic piece of quackery for years. Thankfully, someone finally listened.
Of course, the company owner is complaining that his device is being criticized not because it doesn't work, but because of it's appearance:
Jim McCormick (the owner of the company and inventor of the device) is evil, plain and simple. There is no evidence that the device works, and so giving people in developing countries an ineffective bomb-sniffing device puts them at risks that cannot be understated.
Well, the head-honcho of said company has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Apparently he was questioned after someone complained that he misrepresented the devices.
Someone? Skeptics have been complaining about this tragic piece of quackery for years. Thankfully, someone finally listened.
Of course, the company owner is complaining that his device is being criticized not because it doesn't work, but because of it's appearance:
"We have been dealing with doubters for ten years. One of the problems we have is that the machine does look a little primitive. We are working on a new model that has flashing lights."Oh! Flashing lights will totally convince us…
Jim McCormick (the owner of the company and inventor of the device) is evil, plain and simple. There is no evidence that the device works, and so giving people in developing countries an ineffective bomb-sniffing device puts them at risks that cannot be understated.
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posted by Ziztur
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8:00 AM
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I hope he ends up getting charged with more than just fraud. Fraud of this sort, involved a depraved indifference to human life, should be regarded under the law as nearer attempted murder than to the typical fraud that just swindles people out of money.
Is it known whether his device has resulted in any deaths yet?
I searched, but found no explicit statements of this device's ineffectiveness measured in lives lost. Not surprising, considering that it's sold exclusively to developing countries, like Iraq.
I would be absolutely shocked to discover that this device has not resulted (at least indirectly) in gross loss of life. These devices are sold for vast sums of money, after all; money that is specifically allocated for equipment to detect explosives. Considering that they have been shown beyond a shadow of a doubt to be completely ineffective, especially compared to effective methods like well-trained dogs . . .
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