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Author Topic:   Punctuated Equilibria: The Basics
Tangle
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Message 45 of 72 (838861)
08-29-2018 12:35 PM
Reply to: Message 44 by Faith
08-29-2018 12:32 PM


All elephants have four legs
All tables have four legs
Therefore all elephants are tables

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 67 of 72 (843764)
11-21-2018 9:11 AM
Reply to: Message 66 by RAZD
11-21-2018 8:41 AM


Re: Which are you?
I think you need an additional category for those that hold a belief that makes it impossible for them to accept an idea that contradicts it.
They're not necessarily insane, not necessarily stupid or ignorant nor necessarily misinformed, they just can't allow anything to interfere with their belief. Deluded is one word for it but that refers to their belief, not to, for example dating methods or the ToE - they simply reject them out of hand.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 69 of 72 (843809)
11-21-2018 1:55 PM
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11-21-2018 11:15 AM


Re: Which are you?
Yeh, their shields are up...

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona
"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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