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  2. From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.med
  4. Subject: Re: Non-physician bashing
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.220212.3580@spdcc.com>
  6. Date: 22 Dec 92 22:02:12 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Dec22.220212.3580
  8. References: <1992Dec9.000112.2254@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> <1gvpgsINNm32@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> <1992Dec22.095756.12170@vms.eurokom.ie>
  9. Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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  12. In article <1992Dec22.095756.12170@vms.eurokom.ie> mdebuitlear@vms.eurokom.ie writes:
  13. >> I don't think Ken Mitchum was implying a conspiracy among those
  14. >> who embrace quack theories.
  15. >I think that, in the context of his original post, he was.
  16.  
  17. A conspiracy of ignorance; a confederacy of dunces.
  18. This is known as metaphor.
  19.  
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  21. Steve Dyer
  22. dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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