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Monday, August 10th, 2009 10:55 pm (UTC)
Not a bad case at all, and worth more thought on my part, but I feel that we can and should attack the things that are really drawing people to those beliefs without addressing those crazies in particular. You can't force logic and reason on anyone, and you can't really de-crazy someone either. Send the biggest skeptic to the moon? His friends and allies will just say he was compromised in some way. They aren't beliefs formed based on evidence, they're beliefs that are latched onto and then evidence is found which seems to support it. A structure that can't be reasoned with. Still, worth engaging with even if just to keep them from dominating the debate.

That or invite the other crazies along too, just to get their opinion. Ask the Birthers what they think, then cut to the flat Earthers and the people who believe that sausages should be the world currency for their equal input.


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