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Virtual Insanity
Torbjörn Sassersson is on an internet rampage. The Swedish paranormal dilettante has probably found out that flaunting ridiculous New Age claims in public can have an effect on your reputation so after having read some articles on the subject of "reputation management," Sassersson now adds yet another title to his list of professional skills: "rumour management consultant". If you have been reading my sporadic postings, you know that Sassersson has an inclination to make up and brush up both his past and present (see Torbjörn Sassersson's Oyster). He is the kind of guy that writes "event coordinator" when refering to his job as a janitor - I think you know the type. Anyway, my guess is that his virtual crusade against science and reason has backfired; a potential employer must have googled "Sassersson" and found that he is a bit too aggressive and deluded. If nothing else, I would get a little bit suspicious about a guy with a glistening smile claiming more professional titles than he has teeth. Especially when claimed skills like web optimization has had no apparent impact on Sassersson's own websites.

So what does Sassersson do when he discovers that he has a bad reputation on the web? Does he rid the internet from his deluded outbursts of woo-wooism and paranoia, does he clean up his personal online profiles, omitting the more outrageous and fantastic alleged professional qualifications? No, he proclaims to be a victim of a vicious campaign and adds more nonsense titles to his curriculum vitae. It is the standard defense mechanism of cranks, crackpots and authority junkies. Because Sassersson knows the Truth and anyone opposing him is part of a conspiracy orchestrated by global scientism and organized skepticism. And mind you, if Sassersson writes something on a blog, calling himself a "journalist" is justified. If the rest of the world thinks otherwise, the blame is on them. What a clear-cut life he must live.

To his credit, though, he has benefited my own reputation in a tremendous way. No one else has boosted the myth of "Garvarn" like Sassersson - not even I. His latest effort, publishing the woo-woo copy-cat "Garvaren" at http://garvaren.wordpress.com/ , will certainly promote my own activities in ways beyond Sassersson's limited comprehension. It is guys like Sassersson that make skepticism so much fun. They are sitting ducks for anyone capable of reason and rational argument. Thank you, Torbjörn Sassersson. Please continue.

Tune in on "Skeptikerpodden" (Sweden's only skeptic podcast) on Sunday. Your's truly had a great talk with the podcast panel about psychics and skeptics.