scary things at CRTC

[Christopher Browne]

On 2009-04-08, Thomas Milne <tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>> On 2009-04-08, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 11:10:16AM -0400, Madison Kelly wrote:
>>>> To me, I see anyone who dismisses the beliefs, or lack thereof, of
>>>> others with simple adjectives like "insane" as being equal foolish and
>>>> close-minded.
>>>
>>> Well perhaps.
>>
>> Personally, I think books are a quick excuse for people too lazy to
>> figure out how the world works for themselves.  Much easier to read
>> and go by faith rather than to actually try to figure things out one's
>> self.
>>
>> I also think science is being used as a means to control people who
>> are willing to put their trust in faith in scientists.  I prefer
>> people to think for themselves, but popular science seems to generally
>> discourage that, although I am sure there are some exceptions.  I
>> don't see many cases of this; people seem way more inclined to just
>> trust in whatever they heard some scientist said than to do any
>> verification themselves.
>>
>> Anyone without an irony-meter should probably ignore this...
>
> You flatter yourself. Just because you replaced a bunch of words with
> their opposite doesn't make it 'irony'. Your attempt at cleverness
> assumes that 'science' and 'religion' are equal in terms of faith,
> they are certainly not.

Flattery gets you nowhere.

Throwing insults doesn't get people very far, either, and that's what
this thread has devolved into.
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