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So then I was just gnoming? It's a meme I've been working on since about November 2009, so I'm hoping it will take at some stage.
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Hard News: The First Draft, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Obviously we both seem to be having trouble connecting today.
I think I can honestly say, it's not you, it's me. And lets leave it at that.
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I was thinking of going down, but now you mention it, something's come up.
Wait, what?
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Hard News: The First Draft, in reply to Stephen Judd,
So in spite of repeatedly saying I think Ring is wrong, and should not have been given an airing, or taken seriously, you still think I'm defending him? Oh well, such is life. Should have stuck to the meths problem.
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Hard News: The First Draft, in reply to Stephen Judd,
I’d be furious at that as well.
Sorry, I think I'm not providing the balance I might have hoped to. My point is in there somewhere. I'll go sit on the not so comfortable couch of contrition.
I still feel it’s ok to discuss things that are very probable given the evidence we have without constantly qualifying them with notes about provisions and doubts though.
That's fine. Again with trying to make my point. Ring wrong does not mean all believers in extraterrestrial influences on Earthquakes are wrong, or that given time, we might not be better able to predict Earthquakes through understanding this, or another, scientific point. That would be a good thing, no?
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You don’t have to believe the present state of knowledge is infallible (which would be crazy anyway) to appreciate that.
Didn't I say he didn't have a leg to stand on? It's not the debate, it's how we're debating. Perhaps it's something I get a bit sensitive on. There are many instances through history where the widely held belief has proved to be both scientifically wrong, and life-threatening.
I also question the harm he has done in this case, prior to the unfortunate wider airing his views have got. A few families took extra precautions and were better prepared for the Earthquake, and may leave town on the 20th of March. If he is cynically doing this to sell his book, then screw 'im, but otherwise, what's the big deal?
Do you want to stand outside churches on Sunday and tell people their God is a delusion?
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I’d try to do it in a way that allowed people who previously believed to excuse their mistakes as natural and human.
How generous. The sanctity of absolute knowledge must be a comfortable couch to lie on.
This is probably as close to trolling as I get. I don't think Ken Ring has a leg to stand on, or that his views should have been aired on CL, or anywhere else, but the degree to which everyone is certain of the superiority of their belief system and its scientific underpinning is getting me a little uppity.
Science is evolutionary, and we do not know all there is to know. Well, at least I don't. But then I suspect you knew that.
<endtroll>
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It appears he's not entirely alone.
Our planetary system is a huge complex system and it sounds unbelievable that the constellations of the big celestial bodies shall even have an influence on the triggering of earthquakes.
Can we get used to such an idea at all? I think we should do! -
OnPoint: On Price Gouging, in reply to Sacha,
In this context, unfortunately it’s about the only thing I can take seriously. Sorry to Keith, but the discussion on petrol gorging has left me wanting to drink meths.
Metaphorically.
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On Sunday (I think) TV3 News had the ‘online editors selection’.
The top one was;
“Taxes go retro”.
They meant taxis, but I think in light of some of the above, there is a distinct possibility they will have to re-use this, along with;
“Carless days back to the future”.
<sarc> In case it wasn't obviscous.