Re: psychoceramics: Cult of Personality

[Matt Brown <mbrown @ macromedia.com>]

>>But why bother poking these folks with a "Ha ha, you're stupid" message?
>>
>         That truly is mean-spirited, in a way most of us were raised to
>avoid.  It's tempting, but better we should indulge in our yucks in seemly
>privacy.

I was raised to avoid confrontation and to respect loonies. My father, a
Ph.D. in Physics, seemed to attract them and treated them all with kindness
and respect. I don't know if it was pity or a midwestern background, but
that kindness just brought more loonies to the house. ESP, remote-viewing,
even Uri Gellar came to the house and bent our silverware one night (BTW,
if you ever get to dine with him, I recommend finger food.) For a long time
I thought this was good since when they were with us, they were not
deluding the other nuts.

Now I think I was wrong. Letting people bash science and spew nonsense as
fact degrades us all and over time gives creedence to the next loonie that
takes one step further out of reality. Read the Skeptical Inquirer, 

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