Re: JSH: Brainstorming over, for now



Nora Baron wrote:
  You can tell when you have penetrated Harris's shield of denial
with an argument that he sees is correct: he flies into rage, lashing
out savagely, starting a blizzard of new threads, denouncing and
sneering at his critics, calling them liars, incompetents and worse,
claiming their actions are due to evil Social Forces, etc., etc. ad
nauseam.  When that happens you know you have gotten through to him.
He reserves his nastiest attacks for those he knows are right.

Interesting, no? I really think he would make a good case study for someone who specializes in ... whatever his mental condition is. But someone with that specialization is unlikely to frequent sci.math, and even more unlikely to follow the mathematical arguments, so unfortunately this rich scientific lode will probably go unmined.


Gib
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