[extropy-chat] Cults/drugs

[BillK]

On 2/16/06, Dirk Bruere wrote:
>
>  I am pursuaded, but you are brainwashed etc
>  The fact that two people can come to conflicting conclusions given the same
> data means that there is likely no objective position.
>

That is a very silly, smart-alec statement unworthy of you, Dirk.

Either,

1) You have very little knowledge of the way cult persuaders work and
the techniques they use. (Which I find hard to believe), or,

2) You are intent on defending the cult persuaders techniques by
equating them with a group of people having a discussion.
(Which is a ridiculous comparison. Naive people meeting these cult
persuaders for the first time are like children in the lions den).

3) Or maybe it was just a cynical remark that appealed to you at the time.

BillK