At 11:46 PM 2/26/99 -0500, Brian Atkins wrote:
>Fact: This list is getting more attention (for instance, was
IAN: Hay, just because CIA defenders
>mentioned in the latest issue of MEME).
>
>Fact: We want to make the best of this attention.
>
>Theory: If we dekookify the list, more newbies are likely to
>stick around longer- both absorbing our helpful ideas for
>themselves, and at the same time helping to diversify our
>discussions (hopefully in non-kookish ways :-).
>
>Theory 2: If we dekookify the list, more ExI members would
>renew memberships, and in general ExI would probably get a
>lot more $$$; people would be much more willing to support
>something they could really be 100% proud of. Also they would
>be more likely to show their friends the list, thereby
>increasing the newbies even further.
>
>Incentive: I'll agree to contribute a minimum of $10,000 per
>year to ExI for at least 5 years if we can make some progress
>on this.
http://home.earthlink.net/~neteagle/Modeltest/page3.html http://home.earthlink.net/~neteagle/Stall747/page2.html http://www.lucifer.com/exi-lists/extropians/3850.html)and defend those anti-scientific views with false statements doesn't mean they're kooks. Well, then again, maybe it does mean they're kooks. Rejection of physical reality and mathematics in favor of cartoons (http://www.newsday.com/jet/year/video.htm) could be a form of psychosis. Authoritarian psychosis?
I can certainly understand why the propagation of such anti-science is a concern to civilized people, particularly considering its use to defend the proven cover up (Navy-vessel identities, the nose section, wings, and tail of the jet, witness reports, and satellite and radar data still classified) of a mass killing. Yet, physics and math work better to dispel false claims than bribery and name calling.
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