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To: King Prout
"you might want a barf-bag for chapters 8 and 9 ..."

I've been trying to fit this concept into a tagline:

People you respect may disagree with you. Do not exclude them from your circle. There is a faint possibility it is you who could be wrong.

... and now I'm going to go into deep meditation.

2,106 posted on 07/08/2006 9:11:29 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I never submit to IQ tests. That way, I can honestly say that my IQ can not be measured.)
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To: NicknamedBob
People you respect may disagree with you. Do not exclude them from your circle. There is a faint possibility it is you who could be wrong.

possibly, in situations which do not concern verifiable fact. Chapters 8 and 9 are filled with errors concerning verifiable fact. I do not demand that people accept the ToE as an explanation, but I do demand that they be honest and meticulous should they choose to attempt its rebuttal.

an example of ten significant errors, culled from a mere three pages, can be found here:

http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/06/anne_coulter_cl_1.html#more

And that example provides the merest sketch, the barest outline, of the errors by which those two chapters are filled (and constructed, as the errors are central elements of her "logic" and argument).

Here is a fun set of common errors and ploys used by anti-evolutionists.

http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/elsberry/evobio/evc/jarg106.html

As you read through those two chapters, go ahead and compare each and every one of her sentences to the ploys listed above. Highlight each sentence which fits one or more of the ploys. You will find that the unhighlighted remainder of the text might fill one or two pages.

That level of error is not mere "disagreement" - it appears to be mendacity.

2,116 posted on 07/09/2006 10:21:02 AM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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