| > then one where you assert without any evidence that her work is bullshit? I didn't assert that, I implied that in the course of asserting something else. > You think you can just dismiss an entire body of thought by throwing out ad hominems? Yeah, actually I do, if it's a very small body and hasn't done much thinking. > comparing me to a "Christian fundamentalist" Again (and this is REALLY getting tedious), I didn't compare you to a Christian fundamentalist, I compared Objectivist arguments that I have heard before (and predicted that you would use, partly in order to ensure that you didn't) with those of Christian fundamentalists. > I know that you're smart enough to know that I'm a pretty smart guy Er, no - at the moment that is a conclusion I simply cannot draw. Your thinking displays evidence of being muddled and irrational, with little grasp of logic or ability to distinguish between claims made of the argument and claims made of the arguer. I have no doubt that you think you're a pretty smart guy, and I bet you didn't have to work too hard at school to achieve results. But I also think that because of this, you tend to interpret criticism as a personal attack, and you are slow to recognise when someone really does have something to teach you, especially when you don't think that person is as bright as you think you are. |