Entirely true, ImagingGeek - except that I don't think all the victims are necessarily stupid. There are other reasons for financing the unscrupulous, e.g. (1) underexposure to the science and overexposure to misinformation; (2) reason is stonewalled by the tendency to believe in myth and magic before reality whenever the latter is less attractive.
To me, the above would qualify as stupid (maybe "uneducated" would be a better word?)...no one's ever accused me of being a nice guy
The ones (snake-oil salesmen, not victims) that really piss me off are the ones who specialize on preying on the desperate - the guys/gals who target cancer patients, people with terminal diseases, people who have kids with genetic disorders like autism, etc. Its one thing to take money from the stupid and gullible - that is the heart of advertising after all. Its quite another to use false hope to drain the bank accounts of those in dire situations.
Bryan
