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Originally Posted by peacegirl
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Originally Posted by specious_reasons
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Originally Posted by LadyShea
Lessans was dishonest and used strawman argumentation. You're dishonest and a weasel.
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It is possible that when Lessans wrote that, current science put Rigel closer than we think it is today. It's also possible that Lessans just pulled his facts from his nether regions, or made a simple math error when backdating.
I've been more forgiving on that particular bit of Lessans stupidity because it got his point across. There are far worse mistakes in that book than Lessans screwing up some detail. |
You've all gotten so nasty in your old persnickety way that I can't even respond anymore with an intelligent answer. It's like I'm talking to robots who can't get out of the same pre-programmed response that Lessans couldn't be right. It's hopeless. |
You are correct, it's hopeless. Lessans' book is a hopelessly lost cause.
Besides the major flaws in the book, simple factual errors such as this will simply be used as the red flags to indicate that Lessans was such a poor academic that he couldn't even get the basic facts straight. His ideas can rhetorically be written off because he can't even criticize the current theory correctly.
If you want this book to be taken seriously, you'd address these problems, nor argue with us about how nasty we are. That you don't think the the content of the facts matter is telling about your relationship with the truth. |
I can't win here because people will use anything they can, even if it's trivial, to try to confirm that Lessans didn't know what he was talking about. But he did know what he was talking about and no matter how much you disagree, it doesn't change the truth of his findings. |
It couldn't be more clear. You are incapable of changing your own mind but can't conceive that others may be unable to change their minds based on what you've given them. And you are incapable of learning what others think despite at least six months of exposure. You are so inadequate to the task that you are completely incapable of asking questions or comprehending answers to even begin the task of relating the knowledge of the rest of the world to that of Lessan. Your cause was lost before you began.
You need help peacegirl.