This link below is to my own site where I have assembled some of the major character traits of pseudos. I had plenty of real life experience of these clowns owing to the fact that they were at infestation levels on the Steorn forum before they all got banned for trolling. Mary Yugo, Pennies_Everywhere, alsetalokin (an anagram of Nikola Tesla) et al.
Another brilliant resource is http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/
One of my favourite quotes about pseudosceptics below:
“They claim that their behavior is
“scepticism” but in reality they know nothing about the true meaning of
scepticism nor practice it since they apply no scepticism to their own
beliefs or to the status quo but in fact have a total blind spot to
them. Pyrrho,
the founder of “Scepticism”, intended for it to be about open inquiry
and suspension of judgment. I’ve never trusted sceptics, for the very
reason that they are willing to accept the official version of things
without a shred of proof but require unrealistic amounts of evidence to accept any other possibility.”
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Subject: RE: [Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission
to debunk?
From: Roger B <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, June 05, 2013 1:04 pm
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
But, seriously, that was an excellent description. Can you supply a link to it?
Roger
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission to debunk?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 19:59:40 -0700Often pseudosceptics have a high opinion of themselves, see themselves as elite. It is interesting that a disproportionately high number of pseudosceptics have an interest in magic.Most however, appear to suffer from Imagination Deficiency Personality IDPFictional miss-identification: Often an IDP will react to fictional representations as though they are real. For example, they may complain about how a popular fictional TV programs portrays the paranormal, or get irate if a book they are reading invokes a ghost or spirit, or has a character convert to a spiritual outlook. Some write letters of complaint to newspapers that, for example, carry an astrology column. Once again all subjects were positive on this measure with one (Subject 5) even refusing to fly on an airline whose travel magazine included an astrology column.Delusions of superiority: In many cases the IDP will believe that they have special traits or talents not shared by other people. Usually these are confined to a narrow range of human abilities, and tend to center around issues of intelligence or education. In the mildly IDP this may simply come off as immaturity, arrogance or elitism. Subject 3, however, consistently referred to others as “delusional” or made references to “Elevator[s] not going to the top floor,” and subjects 7, 8 and 9 dedicated substantial time to denigrating the works of some obscure scholars.Hyper-realistic representation: This is a tendency on the part of the imagination deficient to expect a realistic or rational representation in all aspects of life. For example, the IDP may engage in nit picking about plot lines in TV programs or books, or complain about contemporary linguistic usage which conflicts with a technical term. Eight of the 10 subjects scored positive on this measure. Subjects 8 and 9 wrote books substantially about correct usage of scientific terms.-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Vo]:Why are pseudoskeptics so relentless in their mission to
debunk?
From: "OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, June 05, 2013 12:24 pm
To: <[email protected]>
A question that hasn't been asked is WHY many pseudoskeptics seem to pursue rabid vendettas against issues like UFOs, or CF & LENR, relentlessly so. I suspect they do so because they have ironically misplaced the specific audience they are actually trying to convince. Pseudoskeptics think they are trying to convince a vast world "others" of the fact that their conclusions & opinions are incorrect. This approach will invariably fail because they refuse to admit the possibility that the person they are really trying to convince is no one other than themselves. Unfortunately, they are incapable of admitting this because they have invested too much of their EGO in a house of cards that they must continue to support. It also helps explains why their posting predilections are often obsessively relentless. Constantly focusing all of their energy on trying to tear apart the opinions of others will obviously never address their own unrealized doubts. Therefore, the only option they feel they have left at their own disposal is to try harder.Such irony!
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
svjart.OrionWorks.com
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