[extropy-chat] Scrooge as evidence of rationalism's failure

[Damien Broderick]

At 09:11 AM 12/15/2004 -0600, John Wright wrote:

>Real skeptics do
>not take conclusions as articles of faith.
>
>"You don't believe in me," observed the Ghost.
>
>"I don't." said Scrooge.

Interestingly, the Ghost was made up. Scrooge was made up. Charles Dickens 
invented them. (Indeed, IIRC, the Ghost was a dream *inside the made-up 
world of Scrooge*.)

What a very peculiar argument this is.

Damien Broderick