(December 3, 2013 at 1:26 pm)Drich Wrote: Maybe you guys should just out right move to Personal attacks like alpo did. Because rehashing a defeated arguement is getting you no where. She seems to be one of the best and brightest amongest you, so maybe you should take her que and forgo the attempt for a topical discussion, and simply try and personally destroy the messenger, rather than validate a message (by responding to it) that makes you all look like hypocritical monsters. It's a page taken from the political commentators book of spinning a loosing battle. Do not address the question ask, address the question you wished they asked, if all else fails trivialize the indivisual and dismiss the attempt.
There is only one or two people on this website that can see the desperation in this act, so for the most part you will be considered a hero on the level of a John stewart, or a Bill Mahar by your peers. Then you and 'they' can declare a victory.
This is where we are supposed to apologize for pointing out that a ridiculous idea is ridiculous. Is stating the obvious really that insulting?
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
