[ExI] The answer to tireless stupidity

[Dan]

This is not necessarily a cure for anti-science nonsense or even nonsense. It 
could be used against anyone holding any view: simply wear them down. E.g., 
someone here argues for Extropians or transhumanist views and someone else sets 
up a chatbot merely to keep pushing their buttons.

Also, the usual argument I've seen regarding other planets warming up doesn't 
use Neptune, but Mars. And the evidence that the warming Mars has to do with 
fluctuations in solar output seems much more relevant -- though, to my mind, 
it's by no means decisive here.

Regards,

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at gmail.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 3:11:08 AM
Subject: [ExI] The answer to tireless stupidity

You're gonna like this.

Chatbot Wears Down Proponents of Anti-Science Nonsense

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/25964/?nlid=3722

Best, Jeff Davis

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most pick themselves up and hurry off
as if nothing had happened."
              Winston Churchill
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