On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I think it is rude for him not to address substantive points raised by > others, such as McKubre Fig. 1. > I did. Twice. I know it's easier for you to ignore what I write, and then attribute made-up arguments to me you think you can address, but if you're looking for an example of rudeness, that's it. > Also, for example, he asked a legitimate question: > > "In any case, my question was really why don't *all* intelligent people > accept it." > > I made a serious effort to answer that question with an important example > from history, of intelligent people who rejected what should have an > irrefutable fact: that the U.S. would win an all-out war. > Come on. You were just showing off. If you read the rest of my post, you'd realize I was making the point that war-time bravado and sociological decisions made in the heat of war are not the same as dispassionate decisions made by scientists over a period of many years. That you dig up that sort of example shows that there aren't any in the science arena.
