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To: sinkspur

Dear sinkspur,

"One can never beat a conspiracist in an argument, because there's always another boogey man around the corner."

Actually, the technical term for this is the non-falsifiability of a hypothesis.

Evidence for the conspiracy is taken as just that: evidence for the conspiracy. Evidence that tells against the conspiracy is re-interpreted as evidence that the conspiracy is all the more effective; the conspiracy is even able to produce "counter-factual evidence" ostensibly disproving the conspiracy.

When you've reached that point regarding any topic, it's time to resort to psychotropic drugs.


sitetest


411 posted on 08/02/2004 11:31:25 AM PDT by sitetest (That, and a whole lot of therapy.)
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To: sitetest; sinkspur
it's time to resort to psychotropic drugs.

Usually at that point, I resort to a quart or two of Black Jack. Cheaper, and better results.

459 posted on 08/02/2004 3:37:49 PM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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