Agreed, Mr. "cude" doesn't seem to be able to control himself.
Yes, every once in a while we pick up a staunch Skeptic who can't seem
to read Rule 2.
I have no rule against trolls here. And I have little problem with
small-s skepticism. But in part, rule 2 is there to stop the irrational
types whose intellectually dishonest, even anti-science behavior tends to
ruin any thoughtful discussion or even to drive out all else.
http://amasci.com/weird/vmore.html
Remember, the core symptom of pseudoscience is the inability to either
admit errors or to re-think earlier conclusions. Pseudoscientists display
"utterly certain knowledge" and little tentative attitude. This, as
opposed to we Crackpots :) whose main symptom is to take seriously the
things which can't possibly be real since "The Scientists would already
have discovered this."
And also remember, those like "Cude" are the very reason why Vortex-L
exists. We need odd science discussions without heavy moderator
censorship and constant banning, but also without the time-wastage and
disruptions from crowds of the un-swayable activist Disbeliever
persuasion. Again I find that even one such Disbeliever can be trouble.
Mr. Cude is removed to VortexB. To pursue that stuff, subscribe to
vortexB-L same way as with vortex-L.
PS
Again, (and again and again), any who wish to appear as being scientific
should USE REAL NAMES HERE.
Highly profesional is: as in academia, put CV and contact info in your sig
on each and every msg. What you say will stick to you forever, so merely
remain on best behavior always. If you're a lowly grad student or an
uneducated amateur, be proud of this fact and advertise it. This sort of
bend-over-backwards honesty shows that you really get what science is
about, and it draws far higher respect from your colleagues than hiding
behind a fake username.
Anonymity tends to be toxic. But as for lacking real credentials...
"There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my
top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception
that I lost long ago." - R. Oppenheimer
http://amasci.com/weird/skepquot.html
Nice quote on the WP page on pseudoskepticism:
"...today genuine skepticism of the benign sort that looks evenly in all
directions and encourages the advancement of knowledge seems vanishingly
rare. Instead, we find a prevalence of pseudo-skepticism consisting of
harsh and invidious skepticism toward one's opponents' points of view
and observations, and egregious self-congratulatory confirmatory bias
toward one's own stances and findings, misrepresented as the earnest and
dispassionate pursuit of clinical, scholarly, and scientific truth."
Scientist-skeptics are, ideally, humble and self-critical besides being
abnormally honest. If we observe no trace of either one, that's when we
know we're dealing with a faker.
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