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- From: sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.015958.19290@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <1992Dec27.044332.27661@nmsu.edu> <1992Dec27.164624.4808@jcnpc.cmhnet.org> <1992Dec28.004232.15471@prime.mdata.fi>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:59:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.004232.15471@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec27.164624.4808@jcnpc.cmhnet.org> mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus) writes:
- >>Well, you and I are attacking hir (I don't know the gender of Iikka) conception
- >>of intellectual suOCperiority. I do note that Iikka's arguments are getting
- >>less rational as the debate continues.
- >
- >Well, you really are getting low to degenerate the discussion into this. Only
- >one meaning for this: you are at a loss for words. I never team up to anybody
- >in an argument, because I want to have a strong personality.
- >
- >So far I have had 2 against (you and Doe) and 5 who have had likewise
- >observations or ideas.
-
- Another statistically significant sample. Not.
-
- How *did* you prevent yourself from letting personal bias influence
- your conclusions, anyway?
-
- >I have nearly all the info I need to end this discussion. Much of it has come
- >from your unthoughtful and unfriendly flamings without you being aware of it.
- >Thanks anyway.
-
- Yeah, and saying people have an "emotional attachment" to a position
- you don't agree with, doesn't qualify as a flame.
-
- You know what you sound like? You sound like Christians who say that
- we allow willful pride or arrogance to blind us to the truth. That's
- a very irritating position to take, because it's irrational. It must
- be very comforting, for so many people to make that error.
-
- SD
-