I decided to pick up a book called "Spinal Catastrophism: a secret history" written by Tomas Moyanhain. A close friend who is into all of the spooky experimental literature that I enjoy had recommended it to me stating something along the lines of "yeah, no, it's super interesting man." which had me sold. What I thought was going to be some rather dense meditations on meta-epistemology through the lens of Central Nervous System evolution, turned into a major work on the research of cited scientists who are only real within the realm of this book, and select books and publications by the infamous CCRU. It was only after I had read a chapter that insinuated that time travel was possible through concentration and meditation on the vertebrae sections of the spine that I decided to follow one of the footnotes, which lead me from obscure publication to esoterically worded websites, to the enigmatic author himself. I then discovered that I had been played like a fiddle, the book is crack pot insanity which cites real research for claims that are real, and then fake research shrouded in mystery and conspiracy when it makes a claim so insane as to warrant a triple or quadruple take. I think what the book tries to do is tear down a notion of "turtles all the way down" scholarship by attacking the very syntax and protocol used to write legitimate reports of research findings, seemingly trying to kill the idea of credential legitimization of research, in favour of true understanding of research. Like tabloid news headlines based on bunk science that don't stand up to scrutiny. Books in this "Pseudo-Nonfiction" vain are powerfully satirical critiques, however they can give way to misinforming those who aren't "In on the joke" as it were and lead to people believing in unfounded false information that looks reputable on first glance. Does the value of the message outweigh potential failings to understand, or is the misinformative nature nothing more than a mean spirited attempt at "separating the wheat from the chaff" academically speaking. Perhaps it is somewhere in between. I would be curious to learn your thoughts.