Difference between revisions of "Forbidden Knowledge"
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[[File:Forbiddenknowledge.png|thumb|300px|Cheerful Illustration by Gustave Dore.]] | [[File:Forbiddenknowledge.png|thumb|300px|Cheerful Illustration by Gustave Dore.]] | ||
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This is the industrial strength version of Compartmentalization of Knowledge. This occurs when knowing something is actually denied to a certain group of people under the threat of penalty. One recent example is when the Centers for Disease Control in the US was forbidden by the US Congress to study gun violence as a "public health hazard.' According to Wikipedia, "In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicide deaths, and 11,078 firearm-related homicide deaths in the United States." In early 2013, the US Congress passed a new law that the National Science Foundation could not fund Political Science research. | This is the industrial strength version of Compartmentalization of Knowledge. This occurs when knowing something is actually denied to a certain group of people under the threat of penalty. One recent example is when the Centers for Disease Control in the US was forbidden by the US Congress to study gun violence as a "public health hazard.' According to Wikipedia, "In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicide deaths, and 11,078 firearm-related homicide deaths in the United States." In early 2013, the US Congress passed a new law that the National Science Foundation could not fund Political Science research. | ||
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[http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/03/in-the-past-decade-modern/#.UYWHZxyxArg Photography banned from agricultural settings] | [http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/03/in-the-past-decade-modern/#.UYWHZxyxArg Photography banned from agricultural settings] | ||
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Revision as of 14:29, 20 October 2013
Description
This is the industrial strength version of Compartmentalization of Knowledge. This occurs when knowing something is actually denied to a certain group of people under the threat of penalty. One recent example is when the Centers for Disease Control in the US was forbidden by the US Congress to study gun violence as a "public health hazard.' According to Wikipedia, "In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicide deaths, and 11,078 firearm-related homicide deaths in the United States." In early 2013, the US Congress passed a new law that the National Science Foundation could not fund Political Science research.
How it Works
Photography banned from agricultural settings
Evidence
Links
Compartmentalization of Knowledge
