As a former researcher in the sciences, I get the feeling that "cargo cult" research is not all that uncommon, especially when a idea gets embedded in the popul

As a former researcher in the sciences, I get the feeling that "cargo cult" research is not all that uncommon, especially when a idea gets embedded in the popular stream of thought. There is a whole cluster of cargo cult publishing when it comes to evolutionary theory because of the misunderstanding of natural selection. In mathematics there is Godel's incompleteness theorems, and in computer science we have quantum computing. With regard to quantum computing, I find it as irritating as the author of the blog. And I honestly think the internet is to blame, because it has increased the reward for being notorious, at least in the sense that there is more attention bestowed upon you for making spurious claims. And I believe the internet is also to blame for people desiring such attention, because the technology of the internet has displaced genuine, social interaction with superficial fluff that bears little resemblance to what humans actually need to feel socially fulfilled.