Might I suggest using a smaller point size and any typeface other than Comic Sans (it's a typeface that give us type nerds bad dreams).
[mg] On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Roger B <rogerbi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > But, seriously, that was an excellent description. Can you supply a link > to it? > > Roger > ------------------------------ > From: cr...@overunity.co > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission to > debunk? > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 19:59:40 -0700 > > Often pseudosceptics have a high opinion of themselves, see themselves as > elite. It is interesting that a disproportionately high number of > pseudosceptics have an interest in magic. > > Most however, appear to suffer from Imagination Deficiency Personality IDP > > *Fictional miss-identification:* Often an IDP will react to fictional > representations as though they are real. For example, they may complain > about how a popular fictional TV programs portrays the paranormal, or get > irate if a book they are reading invokes a ghost or spirit, or has a > character convert to a spiritual outlook. Some write letters of complaint > to newspapers that, for example, carry an astrology column. Once again all > subjects were positive on this measure with one (Subject 5) even refusing > to fly on an airline whose travel magazine included an astrology column. > > > *Delusions of superiority:* In many cases the IDP will believe that they > have special traits or talents not shared by other people. Usually these > are confined to a narrow range of human abilities, and tend to center > around issues of intelligence or education. In the mildly IDP this may > simply come off as immaturity, arrogance or elitism. Subject 3, however, > consistently referred to others as “delusional” or made references to > “Elevator[s] not going to the top floor,” and subjects 7, 8 and 9 dedicated > substantial time to denigrating the works of some obscure scholars. > > *Hyper-realistic representation:* This is a tendency on the part of the > imagination deficient to expect a realistic or rational representation in > all aspects of life. For example, the IDP may engage in nit picking about > plot lines in TV programs or books, or complain about contemporary > linguistic usage which conflicts with a technical term. Eight of the 10 > subjects scored positive on this measure. Subjects 8 and 9 wrote books > substantially about correct usage of scientific terms. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission to > debunk? > From: "OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson" <orionwo...@charter.net> > Date: Wed, June 05, 2013 12:24 pm > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > > A question that hasn't been asked is WHY many pseudoskeptics seem to > pursue rabid vendettas against issues like UFOs, or CF & LENR, relentlessly > so. I suspect they do so because they have ironically misplaced the > specific audience they are actually trying to convince. Pseudoskeptics > think they are trying to convince a vast world "others" of the fact that > their conclusions & opinions are incorrect. This approach will invariably > fail because they refuse to admit the possibility that the person they are > really trying to convince is no one other than themselves. Unfortunately, > they are incapable of admitting this because they have invested too much of > their EGO in a house of cards that they must continue to support. It also > helps explains why their posting predilections are often obsessively > relentless. Constantly focusing all of their energy on trying to tear apart > the opinions of others will obviously never address their own unrealized > doubts. Therefore, the only option they feel they have left at their own > disposal is to try harder. > > Such irony! > > Regards, > Steven Vincent Johnson > svjart.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newvortex > >
