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On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:33:25 +0930, "David Maslin"
<dmaslin@adam.com.au> wrote:

>ok... who else here is sick of silly little skeptics that cant even learn to
>walk away when they dont like something????
>
>I mean.. what the hell are skeptics doing in newsgroups like this?? all they
>do is confuse people!!!
>
>I know everyone is entitled to say something... BUT 'skeptics' are realy
>anoying.. well thats what i think!!!
>
>I just realy want all skeptics not to be skeptics OR just get lost and do
>something more constuctive!!!!
>

Do you ever think that you should see skeptics as ideal people to talk
to? It's pointless just yakking away like old women over a garden
fence and always agreeing with each other. When opinions conflict it
is an ideal chance to get your point across and maybe even *gasp*
listen to someone else's. You might just find out something really
interesting. Skeptics may well be here for the chance to open their
minds a bit and find out something new, don't be do damned
unwelcoming. If its such a big deal keeping discussions amongst the
select 'believers', don't chat on a public ng.

Evil Noodle

<skeptic?@mailhole.com> wrote in message
news:dghfhvcks4ic8me9p267n08dkjlhl7gfqh@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:33:25 +0930, "David Maslin"
> <dmaslin@adam.com.au> wrote:
>
> >ok... who else here is sick of silly little skeptics that cant even learn
to
> >walk away when they dont like something????
> >
> >I mean.. what the hell are skeptics doing in newsgroups like this?? all
they
> >do is confuse people!!!
> >
> >I know everyone is entitled to say something... BUT 'skeptics' are realy
> >anoying.. well thats what i think!!!
> >
> >I just realy want all skeptics not to be skeptics OR just get lost and do
> >something more constuctive!!!!
> >
>
> Do you ever think that you should see skeptics as ideal people to talk
> to? It's pointless just yakking away like old women over a garden
> fence and always agreeing with each other. When opinions conflict it
> is an ideal chance to get your point across and maybe even *gasp*
> listen to someone else's. You might just find out something really
> interesting. Skeptics may well be here for the chance to open their
> minds a bit and find out something new, don't be do damned
> unwelcoming. If its such a big deal keeping discussions amongst the
> select 'believers', don't chat on a public ng.

Check out the recent skeptic posts and you'll see that there wasn't
much encouragement for anyone here to discuss anything, other than
that I agree with what you're saying.
Unfortunately those of us that do profess to some degree of ability
usually find life is just too short to continually butt heads with skeptics,
especially when they don't have an inkling of the same perceptions as
we do.

zinc_chameleon

"Evil Noodle" <evil.noodle@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<tuTRa.233$Ai3.163@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>...
> <skeptic?@mailhole.com> wrote in message
> news:dghfhvcks4ic8me9p267n08dkjlhl7gfqh@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:33:25 +0930, "David Maslin"
> > <dmaslin@adam.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > >ok... who else here is sick of silly little skeptics that cant even learn
> to
> > >walk away when they dont like something????
> > >
> > >I mean.. what the hell are skeptics doing in newsgroups like this?? all
> they
> > >do is confuse people!!!
> > >
> > >I know everyone is entitled to say something... BUT 'skeptics' are realy
> > >anoying.. well thats what i think!!!
> > >
> > >I just realy want all skeptics not to be skeptics OR just get lost and do
> > >something more constuctive!!!!
> > >
> >
> > Do you ever think that you should see skeptics as ideal people to talk
> > to? It's pointless just yakking away like old women over a garden
> > fence and always agreeing with each other. When opinions conflict it
> > is an ideal chance to get your point across and maybe even *gasp*
> > listen to someone else's. You might just find out something really
> > interesting. Skeptics may well be here for the chance to open their
> > minds a bit and find out something new, don't be do damned
> > unwelcoming. If its such a big deal keeping discussions amongst the
> > select 'believers', don't chat on a public ng.
>
> Check out the recent skeptic posts and you'll see that there wasn't
> much encouragement for anyone here to discuss anything, other than
> that I agree with what you're saying.
> Unfortunately those of us that do profess to some degree of ability
> usually find life is just too short to continually butt heads with skeptics,
> especially when they don't have an inkling of the same perceptions as
> we do.


Plus the fact that their Science is usually 17th century at best.
They've yet to understand that what was once called the Scientific
Method is now considered just one tool in a box of tools when you are
dealing with information exchange between human subjects. Cognitive
Science they've never heard of, it seems.

It ain't like dustin' crops, boy!

Zinc out....

mike II

zinc_chameleon wrote:

> It ain't like dustin' crops, boy!


Horses prefer their riders to use undusted crops? How do they tell the
difference?



mike