From: Mark Walker (mail@markalanwalker.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 10:54:21 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Tymes" <wingcat@pacbell.net>
>
> I'm not. How do you think people like that get their credentials?
> Sadly, many of those who are supposedly educated and wind up in
> positions to grant these credentials, are just as vulnerable to
> simplistic emotion-based (rather than logical) arguments as most people.
>
Perhaps, but remember there is another selection effect at work here: not
only credentials but how well you perform for tv land. That is, if you
appeal only to reason you are not likely to get invited back. There are
thousands of people with similar credentials but not many of them would
perform well to this standard--thankfully.
Mark
Dr. Mark Walker
Research Associate (Philosophy), Trinity College, University of Toronto
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Evolution and Technology, (www.jetpress.org)
Editor-in-Chief, Transhumanity, (www.transhumanism.com)
Home page: http://www.markalanwalker.com
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