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To: yazoo

Not at all.

You seem to be lacking quite seriously in

1. never having had a relative nor close friend work around the stuff.

2. never talking to more than half a dozen world renowned experts in the field privately face to face.

3. not reading 10’s of thousands of pages on the topic since 1962.

4. in sufficient objectivity to remotely fair-mindedly assess the probabilities of a TYPE II ERROR in this topic area vs a TYPE I ERROR and therefore choosing rather foolishly to worship wholesale at the feet of trying to avoid a TYPE I ERROR at ALL costs and excuses . . .

5. evidently in a world view and cosmology of sufficient robustness to handle dealing with the most probable realities in this area without frizzing all your circuits . . .

6. evidently in sufficient courage to face the better sources and narratives with even a minimum of fair-minded objectivity and boldness to accept the facts wherever they lead.

7. evidently in sufficient skills to sift through massive amounts of information and discard the chaff while holding on the the more probable facts.

That’s all plenty sad . . . however, the seeming rigidity, narrowness of thinking; etc. seems rather unbecoming someone as bright as you seem to purport to be and give some evidence of being.


191 posted on 01/19/2009 5:44:47 PM PST by Quix (LEADRs SAY FRM 1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix

“not reading 10’s of thousands of pages on the topic since 1962.”

My mother in law read thousands of pages on palm reading since 1940. I don’t believe that silliness either.


192 posted on 01/19/2009 5:54:32 PM PST by yazoo
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To: Quix

Where are the facts, Quix? Hell, you can’t even remember where one good image is.

And my sister’s boyfriend’s gardener’s butler’s chauffer’s barber’s mistress’es cousin’s friend of a friend of a friend working for Rockwell is not “proof” of anything.

Being a pen-pal of the most prominent hucksters in the field does not raise the social standing of someone who can’t offer the “proof” he claims exists.

Throwing around terms found in a physician’s reference while at the public library also doesn’t raise the social standing of someone who can’t offer the “proof” he claims exists.

Claiming that rational and objective people “lack courage” to believe what hasn’t been effectively proven is the hallmark of an adolescent kook liberal. Think “global warming”.

As for your point number 7, have you ever read one of Klass’ books without violently retching?


210 posted on 01/20/2009 8:57:24 AM PST by JoJo Gunn ("Being rational equals lack of courage" - global warming or flying saucer kook?)
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