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Thog's Science Masterclass #2
". . . an inconceivable fraction that can be written out as 1/10 preceded by 32 zeros . . ."
-- Deepak Chopra, Quantum Healing, 1989
". . . an inconceivable fraction that can be written out as 1/10 preceded by 32 zeros . . ."
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I sold 3 of his books to one person last week. She said, "This is who I'm supposed to read next." She receives her reading list from the ether.
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I've just read three of them for the purposes of Bogus Science, and deserve a medal.
The particular annoyance is that, when he sticks to non-loopy medicine, he's actually pretty solid, and has a talent for explaining things simply. Then, just as you've settled back enjoying yourself, in comes the next mighty great splodge of woowoo.
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I tried to steer her more in the direction of his texts about healing rather than spirituality. And I did make her put back his novel. (Next, though...tempted to push "The Celestine Prophecy" and a book about the Findhorn gardens. Your own garden gnome to commune with your green beans! What could be better?)
In re: the comment above about house style, I have an industry question. Why would house style overrule scientific notation (I lack a more precise term)?
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Outside the academic/scientific houses, the majority of copyeditors -- and of editors in general, including the people who draw up the house styles -- are (and I use the term descriptively rather than pejoratively) scientifically illiterate. Many are sensible enough, when working with pop science texts, to bow to expert advice on how the scientific aspects should be handled. But many aren't.
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All part of the service, ma'am.
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