06 Aug '08 14:05>
I thought of this while browsing the Science forum but I think it is more appropriate here.
Having read many of his posts and seen a pattern that I think is clear to most people, I think KellyJay's attitude to evidence and what can be deduced using the scientific method is similar to the tortoise in Lewis Carrol's "What the tortoise said to Achilles"
http://fair-use.org/mind/1895/04/what-the-tortoise-said-to-achilles
He also seems to subscribe to a form of "Last Thursdayism"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos_(theology)
though he will never admit it. He does consistantly defend those who think "Last thursday" occured 6000 years ago, always using the same argument so I am tempted to think that this is what he actually believes.
I'm not particularly looking for an answer from KellyJay, partly because all such answers have previously amounted to versions of the above two ideas rather than real answer to the posited questions. You (KJ) don't even confirm that your arguments are actually what you believe. but I'd like to know what others think of this:
Do others think that KJ actually believes the arguments he puts forward? Or is he just constantly trolling?
--- Penguin
Having read many of his posts and seen a pattern that I think is clear to most people, I think KellyJay's attitude to evidence and what can be deduced using the scientific method is similar to the tortoise in Lewis Carrol's "What the tortoise said to Achilles"
http://fair-use.org/mind/1895/04/what-the-tortoise-said-to-achilles
He also seems to subscribe to a form of "Last Thursdayism"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos_(theology)
though he will never admit it. He does consistantly defend those who think "Last thursday" occured 6000 years ago, always using the same argument so I am tempted to think that this is what he actually believes.
I'm not particularly looking for an answer from KellyJay, partly because all such answers have previously amounted to versions of the above two ideas rather than real answer to the posited questions. You (KJ) don't even confirm that your arguments are actually what you believe. but I'd like to know what others think of this:
Do others think that KJ actually believes the arguments he puts forward? Or is he just constantly trolling?
--- Penguin