New Website
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:22 am
Hi there
Well I discovered this forum recently, after falling prey to one of the 'Introductory Philosophy' courses run by the 'School of Philosophy' here in Australia.
I signed up expecting a course in Philosophy. Instead I got a heap of mumbo jumbo spiritual crap, which did not even make sense, and did not come with any sort of academic basis. So I did some research on this "School of Economic Science", and all was revealed.
I have been enraged ever since I found out I had been conned. The SES is CLEARLY a religious/spiritual organisation and the fact they are masquerading behind the academic discipline of philosophy to lure people to their classes is disgusting.
I have since threatened to take them to the Competition and Consumers Commission for miselading and deceptive advertising, and surprise surprise -- they offered to refund my money. Anything so I'll shutup, presumably!
What a bunch of shonky con-artists.
I have set up a website, as one last act of protest, in the hope that more people will not be suckered into handing over $170 and wasting their time because they are not told what they are REALLY signing up for
URL: http://secretcult.tripod.com
Hopefully it'll appear on Google et al soon enough...
cheers
DM
Well I discovered this forum recently, after falling prey to one of the 'Introductory Philosophy' courses run by the 'School of Philosophy' here in Australia.
I signed up expecting a course in Philosophy. Instead I got a heap of mumbo jumbo spiritual crap, which did not even make sense, and did not come with any sort of academic basis. So I did some research on this "School of Economic Science", and all was revealed.
I have been enraged ever since I found out I had been conned. The SES is CLEARLY a religious/spiritual organisation and the fact they are masquerading behind the academic discipline of philosophy to lure people to their classes is disgusting.
I have since threatened to take them to the Competition and Consumers Commission for miselading and deceptive advertising, and surprise surprise -- they offered to refund my money. Anything so I'll shutup, presumably!
What a bunch of shonky con-artists.
I have set up a website, as one last act of protest, in the hope that more people will not be suckered into handing over $170 and wasting their time because they are not told what they are REALLY signing up for
URL: http://secretcult.tripod.com
Hopefully it'll appear on Google et al soon enough...
cheers
DM