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Historians of science would be interested in the topic as would those studying the sociology of scientific communities. In this day of rampant pseudoscience and distrust of scientists it is of interest to know if and how fellow scientists were snookered.

Intelligence agencies like to study and understand the propagation of false information.

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> Historians of science would be interested in the topic as would those studying the sociology of scientific communities.

Except that Fuller wasn't a scientist and did not contribute in any way to science.

> In this day of rampant pseudoscience and distrust of scientists

Time would be better spent figuring out how evolutionary psychology manages to seem real today. We already have works on the phrenology of yesteryear.

> Intelligence agencies like to study and understand the propagation of false information.

I had no idea the CIA had an introspection department. Good for them!

You have a capacity for missing the point.

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