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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: MacKinnon Suffers Snuff Harassment (was: Feminists, Radical and Otherwise)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.205845.10463@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Nov16.175651.20693@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:58:45 GMT
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- mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini) writes:
- :
- : What's interesting about this debate is that Robert Sheaffer writes
- : for the _Skeptical Inquirer_. I thought those folks *liked* to
- : investigate things they suspected were false and *welcomed*
- : any evidence to the contrary. (??)
-
- Certainly - how about presenting some evidence that is meaningful?
- Then, we will listen.
-
- : (Of course, the reason I dropped my subscription to SI was that the
- : rag shows the bias Sheaffer here illustrates. It's easy, fun,
- : intellectually "pretty", and, most importantly, *effective* (IMO)
- : to debunk paranormal (and other mythological) claims respectfully
- : and scientifically. It was mildly irritating (IMO) to see them
- : stoop to condescension and sneers.)
-
- It is better than believing them blindly and without question. That is
- often called religious dogma or "faith".
-
- Bill
-