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From: herbzet on 2 Jun 2010 22:13 Charlie-Boo wrote: > The more stupider it is, the easier it is to refute -- hz Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Schiller --
From: Bart Goddard on 2 Jun 2010 22:22 herbzet <herbzet(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:4C070FD9.8DC3927(a)gmail.com: > > > Charlie-Boo wrote: > >> The more stupider it is, the easier it is to refute > > -- > hz > > Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. > > -- Schiller -- > This is what is the same about USENET and music. The stupider the louder and the louder the stupider. -- Cheerfully resisting change since 1959.
From: Marshall on 2 Jun 2010 22:54 On Jun 2, 1:41 pm, Transfer Principle <lwal...(a)lausd.net> wrote: > > I indeed asserted that if two > people posted identical arguments, one under the > name of a well-known "crank" and one under that of > a newbie, the "crank" would have a harder time > getting people to agree with them. This is exactly as it should be. Marshall
From: Marshall on 2 Jun 2010 22:58 On Jun 2, 7:13 pm, herbzet <herb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Charlie-Boo wrote: > > The more stupider it is, the easier it is to refute > > -- > hz > > Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. > > -- Schiller -- See also Date's Incoherence Principle: "It is difficult to treat coherently that which is incoherent." Marshall
From: Don Stockbauer on 3 Jun 2010 00:37
On Jun 2, 9:54 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 2, 1:41 pm, Transfer Principle <lwal...(a)lausd.net> wrote: > > > > > I indeed asserted that if two > > people posted identical arguments, one under the > > name of a well-known "crank" and one under that of > > a newbie, the "crank" would have a harder time > > getting people to agree with them. > > This is exactly as it should be. Of course you'd believe in a fallacy, the "Argument Against the Man." |