--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > What I'm suggesting is that *very often* sparaig takes > > > the intellectually LAZY route in his writings here, as > > > do you. You *assume* that the things told to you by > > > Maharishi or his representatives are true, and do not > > > challenge them. > > > > > > I do. > > > > The problem with your "challenges," Barry, is > > that they engage only with carefully selected > > bits of the evidence. That's pretty standard > > with self-styled skeptics, who tend to be so > > convinced of their mental acuity that they > > never challenge their *own* thinking. > > > > The other problem is that you create straw men > > to "challenge." As I've pointed out before, you > > have terrible difficulty telling the difference > > between "Maharishi sez..." and "What MMY sez is > > true." > > > > You just aren't what one would call a rigorous > > thinker. You're the last person who should be > > accusing anyone else of being intellectually > > lazy. > > I would say that we each have the right to define > "intellectually lazy" the way we want. > > For example, my definition of such a term might > include someone who intrudes into a discussion > about whether the effect of mantras and chanting > is due to some intrinsic characteristic of the words > or whether any "effect" can be attributed to the > placebo effect, and who then IGNORES the entire > topic under discussion
Nope, been there, done that. I already demonstrated that your "challenge" in that regard is a prime example of your intellectual laziness. This is a follow-up, you see. and uses the intrusion as > Just Another Excuse To Trash Someone She Hates. > > That *IS* what you just did, right? Nope, as I've already pointed out, I don't hate you. You've become ridiculous and pathetic, a self-caricature of the person you'd like folks to think you are. > > :-) :-) :-) >
