[Physicist]

You can out-argue Marketing majors such as myself all day long, but you will ultimately have to out-argue other PHD Physicists.

But damn few of them, compared to those I'd have to out-argue if I changed my mind. And probably no more of them, than if I had instead picked up cudgels against astrology.

If you're going to argue from authority, first make sure that the weight of authority is on your side.

[Right Wing Professor]

And probably no more of them, than if I had instead picked up cudgels against astrology.

Actually, if you argued with Berlinski, you could take on both creationism and astrology at the same itme!

[keithtoo]

Professors, just like other educated persons, can be very bold withn their disciplines, but very fearful to venture even a slight bit from orthodoxy. Life is much easier when one goes along.

Anyone can be made to go with the pack and be strongly dissuaded from going against the pack, especially over time.

There may be more un-believers and certainly more questioners around you than you know.