On 7/14/07, Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
>> Why is he a bloody idiot? Because he has a different set of beliefs?
> No, it's because his beliefs are idiotic. Wanting to "trash" the work of
^^^^^^^^^^
Isn't that just your opinion? I don't see a reason to belittle a person
or his opinions because you do not have a high opinion of that person,
especially since you do not know him personally/professionally.
No. If a person claiming to be a scientist announces that they are
motivated by a desire to "trash someone elses's research" then they
are a bad scientist - aka "an idiot." While that may be a perfectly
fine motivation for a pamphleteer, propagandist, or politician it's
contemptible in a scientist. At the very least you can expect such a
person to distort the facts, and leave out observations that do not
fit their agenda. In other words you cannot take anything they say at
face value.
>> Would you have believed it if it was published in a foreign magazine
>> and was quoted by someone outside India?
> I'm sorry, questioning my "nationalism" is not an acceptable method of
> proof. Do you have a less disingenuous argument in mind?
I am not questioning your "nationalism". Would you have believed it if
that statement was made by someone else?
This line of argument is purely ad hominem. It makes no difference to
the truth or falseness of his arguments or reasoning, and serves only
to poison the discussion.
-- Charles
