RE: Testimony is Evidence
August 25, 2017 at 12:10 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2017 at 12:55 pm by LadyForCamus.)
Also, RR. When ever you get a chance ofc, could you please elaborate on how you would go about distinguishing between the true observation of a gremlin and the hallucination of one? Think carefully here...you have a lot at stake, lol.
And this is about what I've come to expect from every thread RR opens up. He introduces a topic, insisting that it has nothing to do with his personal beliefs. He is so careful about this that he won't even take a weak position on the subject that he says he wants to talk about. We try to engage with him, but it's hard when someone is sparing from the shadows. He asks for opinions, tries to dispute them, but never plainly offers his own.
But inevitably, after ten or so pages of holding his ass to the fire about what his position actually is, he gives in just a little bit, and it ends up blowing his entire argument to shit, beyond any chance of recovery. In this particular thread, it was right around here:
"I think that the observation of a gremlin either by myself or others (or something that fits that description) is sufficient evidence that it exists. As to the number... I don't know if there is a absolute value (there are a number of variables), and it depends on the testimony itself, and how good it is. If I seen it, then a couple of other people to confirm what I saw and not hallucinating; I think would be sufficient (because I can rule out lying at least in myself). And if there isn't reason against it,a few more from testimony alone."
I do think he realizes his error, and from that point on it's just spinning- playing dumb, answering questions with questions, answering questions with cryptic responses that don't explain anything, and generally pretending that he doesn't understand what people are saying. This goes on, and on, and ON until the last of us left get completely frustrated, and abandon the thread.
Predictable. Just like I can predict that he is going to charge me with poising the well, or ad hominem. The irony, of course, is that we HAVE been discussing the topic, and have simply grown exhausted with his dishonesty.
Frankly, it's sick. This is not how a psychologically healthy person engages with their fellow human beings.
And this is about what I've come to expect from every thread RR opens up. He introduces a topic, insisting that it has nothing to do with his personal beliefs. He is so careful about this that he won't even take a weak position on the subject that he says he wants to talk about. We try to engage with him, but it's hard when someone is sparing from the shadows. He asks for opinions, tries to dispute them, but never plainly offers his own.
But inevitably, after ten or so pages of holding his ass to the fire about what his position actually is, he gives in just a little bit, and it ends up blowing his entire argument to shit, beyond any chance of recovery. In this particular thread, it was right around here:
"I think that the observation of a gremlin either by myself or others (or something that fits that description) is sufficient evidence that it exists. As to the number... I don't know if there is a absolute value (there are a number of variables), and it depends on the testimony itself, and how good it is. If I seen it, then a couple of other people to confirm what I saw and not hallucinating; I think would be sufficient (because I can rule out lying at least in myself). And if there isn't reason against it,a few more from testimony alone."
I do think he realizes his error, and from that point on it's just spinning- playing dumb, answering questions with questions, answering questions with cryptic responses that don't explain anything, and generally pretending that he doesn't understand what people are saying. This goes on, and on, and ON until the last of us left get completely frustrated, and abandon the thread.
Predictable. Just like I can predict that he is going to charge me with poising the well, or ad hominem. The irony, of course, is that we HAVE been discussing the topic, and have simply grown exhausted with his dishonesty.
Frankly, it's sick. This is not how a psychologically healthy person engages with their fellow human beings.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
