15-12-2016, 11:37 PM
In many of these types of discussions, I think one has to ask oneself:
"Whom am I trying to convince?"
Is it the proponent of an untenable theory? He may not be susceptible to reason.
Is it the readership in general? They may have long understood that it is untenable.
The point about not being susceptible to reason may seem harsh, or overbearing, but one should understand that not all people reason by straight logic. Lots of people reason by free association.
Trying to argue with such people, by using logic, will not work.
I think we have seen quite a bit of that here already.
"Whom am I trying to convince?"
Is it the proponent of an untenable theory? He may not be susceptible to reason.
Is it the readership in general? They may have long understood that it is untenable.
The point about not being susceptible to reason may seem harsh, or overbearing, but one should understand that not all people reason by straight logic. Lots of people reason by free association.
Trying to argue with such people, by using logic, will not work.
I think we have seen quite a bit of that here already.