[Kael]

I was just thinking about all this, and I find I agree that it's simply attention peacegirl wants. There's no doubt that this thread, and its predecessor, is all about her. Lessans' ideas, with such scientific or philosophical merit as they possess, are easily falsifiable, and have been so falsified on several fronts, repeatedly. There isn't anything left to talk about. Except, of course, peacegirl's absurd and absurdly fascinating perseverance and insistence. Only an interest in the person behind these threads could possibly keep them going for so many posts after so many months, still steadily ticking away, as though the next iteration of the same arguments by either side will break through peacegirl's willful ignorance or the crushing weight of evidence against the amateurish and ignorant notions of her father.

I suppose this probably isn't a revelation to many people, but in retrospect I think I, too, was blinded by the pure distilled ridiculousness of the spectacle, and the fatuousness of its presenter, so much so that I couldn't help but dive in and poke at it, like some people do at scabs, rapt in disgusted and horrified fascination. But this never was about the truth value or content of Lessans' ramblings, I think. It was always about peacegirl. Though I can't shake that scab-picking fascination, that realization depresses me somewhat, and takes some of the enjoyment out of seeing what mental gymnastics she'll attempt next.