On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 08:05:11PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > An assumption that a viewpoint opposed to yours is "nonsense" is, indeed, > patronizing and flawed.
The question is what cost is associated with both outcomes. Sometimes, the cost of keeping an open mind is just too high. (And I don't mean the brain going splat on the pavement). > And I agree with all those comments down below, which point out what's > wrong with the chatbot way of handling criticism, denial and negation. The real problem is that the idiots are too many. And they're winning. P.S. Nevermind that the real problem is that we're no longer able to get at all the nonrenewable organics we need, so the climate change deniers are barking up at least two wrong trees. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
