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Re: Re: Extreme beliefs is not the sole purview of the undereducated...

The view / opinion of what is and is not credible tends to cover a wider space with the so-called well-educated...sort of a know-it-all tendency :)!

posted by ash_pradhan on May 20, 2009 at 9:38 AM | link to this | reply

Troosha - it's funny the way you put it but it is also alarmingly true

Re-affirmation from their communities and those of like mind also play a big part in that type of rigid entrenchment. We need look no further than recent developments on this site to see how the firmly rigid find and support each other.

posted by gomedome on May 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM | link to this | reply

gomedome

… and what about those people who are so brainwashed (for the lack of a better term) who no longer know what their “references” are nor do they look for any. They are simply so engrained in their way of thinking they no longer consider alternatives or question the truth as they know it.  They settle into their narrow trench, set up a bench there, and sit in ignorant comfort.  

posted by Troosha on May 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Extreme beliefs is not the sole purview of the undereducated...

ash_pradhan - There is no argument here on that point but I wonder what it has to do with using credible references?

posted by gomedome on May 20, 2009 at 6:26 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Haha Reminds me of the time I taped my thumbs to my palms

mysteria - how have you been keeping these days?

posted by gomedome on May 20, 2009 at 6:24 AM | link to this | reply

Extreme beliefs is not the sole purview of the undereducated...

some so-called well-educated also keep company there :)!

posted by ash_pradhan on May 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM | link to this | reply

Haha Reminds me of the time I taped my thumbs to my palms

so I could remember what it was like to be a dinosaur...it works...sweardagad, you should try it!!!! lol

posted by mysteria on May 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM | link to this | reply