Re: Hijacked: Paranormal phenomena are real?

On 3/17/25 12:17 AM, David Dalton wrote:
> On Mar 17, 2025, JTEM wrote
> (in article <[email protected]>):
> 
>> On 3/15/25 1:52 AM, David Dalton wrote:
>> [--snip--]
>>
>> Sorry to hijack your thread
> 
> I don’t mind, but you might get more readers by starting
> your own thread, since some may have tuned me out,
> and in many newsreaders (including my Hogwasher)
> even when you change the subject it is still threaded
> as part of the old thread.

Truth is, if there's anyone in any of these groups you crossposted
to, they filter it all out. I can't recall a time when there was
a single real "Skeptic" on usenet, even back before Google Groups.

I always said that the best skeptic WANTS TO BELIEVE. They want it
to be true. They want to see a ghost or a for-real UFO. They want
a magic wishing well, dragons and a Loch Ness Monster. But they just
don't have any faith and they need proof. Online jackasses calling
themselves "Skeptics" want to look smarter than they really are.

I've actually had some of these einsteins flat out tell me:  A
skeptic (atheist/etc) is blah-blah percent smarter on average In
other words, these nimrods think that they are making themselves
smarter just by calling themselves a "Skeptic."

Never had a one do anything but naked denial...

The old argument was; "Win da prize! It it'ds reel den contact
Randi and win do prize!"

That's why I always HATED Randi's prize. It destroyed thought. It
was an excuse to not even try to think. It reduced "Skepticism"
to "Did they or didn't they win the million?"

So who cares?  If by some miracle anyone isn't filtering out
all the posts that challenge their perceptions, they're probably
just idiots.









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