Re: The Anti Science Art Of Evasion

> <EKurtz99@xxxxxxx> wrote
> > But what use would that be? He would still be stupid and illogical;
> > discussions with him would still go nowhere.

Malcolm wrote:
> My discussions with John haven't gone nowhere.

Example?

> His points are original, so
> they force an original response, or at least a conventional response with
> some re-presentation.

Then perhaps you would like to explain the principle behind "Hamilton's
Rule in the Mirror" to us.

> I agree that there is a problem with tone. It is always a difficult
> situation when some members of the ng hold philosophical posts of great
> worldly honour whilst others cannot even get work published in academic
> journals.

Edser has been encouraged to publish on several occasions, eg:
http://tinyurl.com/8sdmd
But he didn't. Its certainly true that you will not get published if
you don't try.

> In monasteries or armies or similar institutions where members come from a
> wide variety of backgrounds harmony is usually achieved by having many rules
> of etiquette. That's maybe what we need, if we are to create a cultured and
> civilised group in which ideas thrive and which is a credit to observers
> like Walter ReMine,

Why would we wish to be a credit to observers? And why ReMine, who has,
as far as I can tell, has simply repeated "cost is confused in the
literature" and "Ewens and Crow said I was correct" ad nauseum for the
last couple of months.

> who seems to have been here on a scouting mission. We
> wouldn't want him to report back to his friends that evolutionists consider
> each other stupid and illogical kooks who evade arguments, would we?

But we also we would not wish him to report that we suffer crackpots
gladly.


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