Re: Phoney Unicorns
Ian Goddard (igoddard@netkonnect.net)
Fri, 15 May 1998 23:57:35 -0400
At 12:28 PM 5/15/98 -0700, Yak Wax wrote:
>
>Ian, I wasn't referring to your theory but to your obsessive need to
>relate it to everything you say. Almost every post you make manages
>to turn the subject into some off-hand remark about "A equals not -A."
> And how those people with their "goofy" ideas label you a "crackpot."
> Maybe your ideas haven't been given a fair chance but do you really
>have to resort to forcing them on us? Do you really think the sort of
>pompous grandstanding you so frequently display will make people take
>you seriously?
IAN: Why should it be acceptable for X to
claim y = true and it to be rebutted with
ad hominem? Why should the scoundrels who
commit such intellectual crime be ignored
and logical inquirers attacked?
It's the goal of inquiry to make observa-
tions, make claims, and test them against
counter claims. But to react with cursing
and name calling is an affront to inquiry.
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