On 15/05/2011 4:41 PM, Keith Addison wrote: snip > Anyway, you usually say I'm more optimistic than you are, as if that > explains it. Actually, it's been accepted here before that there's no > contradiction between optimism and realism. So what do you really > mean when you say I'm "optimistic"? Maybe I'd call it "realistic". If > you take a good look at previous discussions I think you can see why. > In fact it's not a matter of opinion, there's an ever-growing > preponderence of scientific evidence to support it. (Though Joe went > into denial over that a few months back.) Now, wouldn't it then be > more rational to attribute your view of things to simple pessimism? > Eg. "Robert is far more pessimistic about human nature than I am." Hm? Actually Keith I did not go into denial, I went into forced silence on the matter if you remember. I had prepared a rebuttal complete with references to support my argument from material which you seem to hold in high regard, but I was forbidden to post it when you put my posts under moderation and declared the subject closed which translates into: I was gagged under threat of banishment from this forum.
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