> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Fool wrote: > > > > > From: Martin Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:35:07 -0500, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Barcodes have '666' built right in. The two thin bars are a six > > and > > > > > > normal barcodes have 6-some numbers-6-more numbers-6. > > > > > > > > > > That's an urban legend: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/barcode.asp > > > > > > > > Take a look at any random supermarket barcode. It's divided into 2 > > parts > > > > by three sets of two thin bars. Two thin bars _does_ map to a 6. > > > > > > Congratulations on reading the link. And nice use of repetition to > > > make your argument more convincing. > > > > I was being facetious. Because people really do think that way and I > > like to mock them for their stupidity. > > Is it stupidity or gullibility? (And does this have something to do
Can gullibility exist without a large helping of stupidity? Something like 30% of all Americans believe that astrology / horoscopes and all kinds of other irrational and absurd things (the existence of deities) and so forth. It's really a kind of failure of the logic process. It's accepting conclusions without any kind of supporting evidence, and without any attempt to verify said conclusions. > with the D&D "intelligence vs. wisdom" distinction?) Or a failure to be Intelligence is the ability to put things together. Wisdom is the ability to use intelligence in the most effective manner. > able to use logic in a reasonable manner in a couple of personal blind > spots? (Or does *that* fall under the whole "wisdom" bit?) > Like the existence of deities or free will? > Julia > > and I'm only seeing 1 clear "6" mapping that doesn't have a "6" under it > on the barcode I'm looking at, so THERE! ;) See _that_ was the proper response. That was wisdom. That wasn't just accepting what I was (facetiously) saying without verifying it's veracity. The reason I brought up the barcode thing was because it _is_ so big in the conspiracy theory crowd. Those kinds of people are the very people I spoke of above, only the most extreme. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
