--- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Hugheshugo, I suspect, is simply misinformed.) > > > > > > > > > Do you ever wonder why people don't like you? > > > > > > > I can find all sorts of quotes on all sorts of websites. However, > the website CURRENTLY > > says: > > > > http://www.improb.com/ig/ > > > > The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people > laugh, and then make them > > think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the > imaginative -- and spur > > people's interest in science, medicine, and technology. > > > > > Are you implying that I didn't get that quote from the organisers of > the Igs? It's the one they have always used, but it isn't on the > front page anymore. > > > > > Did you ever read what Hagelin and company said in response to > Park's remarks? > > > Yes. > > > > Science is all about discussion to discover the truth. When you > stop looking after finding > > something you agree with, you're no longer part of the scientific > debate. > > > > Lawson > > > > I like that quote, I shall use that in future, but Sparaig it's not > just the one critic. I've been reading about this for years, I used > to work for the TMO, I've done WPA's I have honestly honestly thought > about it more than just reading a few websites. Do I come over as a > blinkered bigot? >
Well, yes. When you quote something that the website doesn't say any more as though it does in order to support your argument... Lawson
