[ExI] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 11:25 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015  William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Do you think that there is a correlation between the outlandishness of an
>> idea and the sincerity with which it is held?
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> ​I belief Bismarck is the capital ​of North Dakota but even if I'm wrong
> and it's really Fargo my view would not be outlandish, at least both cities
> are in the correct state.  And if truth be told my belief is not all that
> sincere, if you started beating me with a rubber hose and insisted I say
> the capital is really Fargo I'd say it pretty quick. And my belief is not
> strong enough for me to put on a dynamite vest and blow myself up at a
> convention of Fargo believers.
>
>   John K Clark
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> ​Take Carson's ideas:  wacky, right?  It seems to me that really wacky
>> ideas are almost always held very strongly, as their holders know that they
>> are way out of the mainstream.​
>> ​  Conversely, mainstream ideas are often quite easy to change​, at least
>> somewhat.  Wacky idea holders, then, are going to be radical and very
>> defensive, expecting to be attacked.
>>
>
​bill w​




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