Zachriel
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| Quote (Ptaylor @ Sep. 02 2015,20:03) | | Quote (Learned Hand @ Sep. 03 2015,09:36) | | I think one reason people get stuck in that hostile, antagonistic mindset is that they're building a wall. The more SB and BA define people who question them as liars or idiots, the less cause they have to ever think about those questions. If they feel some uncertainty in not being able to rigorously support their beliefs, building that wall would be an answer. Not to the uncertainty itself, but to the feeling of it. It gives them an incentive to attack, rather than think. |
Almost as if to confirm this, witness the current dialogue between Barry and StephenB, for the moment ending with:
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StephenBSeptember 2, 2015 at 6:17 pm
Barry,
| Quote | | Learned Hand has gone into insane denial mode. He seems to be saying he cannot be infallibly certain that a slice of a pizza cannot be larger than the whole pizza. Idiot. I don’t see any sense engaging with him further. We’ve led him by the hand enough for one day. |
Barry, I agree. There is no further need for dialogue. To survive in the moment, he agreed that it cannot be so, but he has now reverted to the insane denial mode. |
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Acartia_Bogart's example is better, but another might be that enriched uranium is more valuable than uranium ore, the part being greater than the whole.
Edited by Zachriel on Sep. 03 2015,07:22
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