Dovina2 Apr 2005

No, you said we should “embrace accepting false propositions.” Then while I was writing my response, you changed it to “rejecting.” That’s why my comment is posted three times under Comments and only once in the Poem’s comments. Now, you want me to admit that I overlooked something.

Truth sometimes comes from unreliable sources of information. I think we agree on that. I hope so, because if your overcomplicated analogy means otherwise, then we have again reached an impasse.

Your defense of a race of Liars fails because for every truth there is not necessarily an opposite, but often many untruths the liar could use to create utter confusion.

You oversimplify my definition of closed minded. If I had said that “all propositions uttered by an unreliable source are false” then I would have to say that if an unreliable source said to a closed minded person that 1+1=2, that person would call it false. No, a closed mind rejects information it determines false or unimportant based on criteria such as the race, sex, or religion. It rejects information because of the source or the manner of presentation rather than content. It does not necessarily reject obviously true information from the unreliable source, but rejects most offerings out of hand. Such people are racist, sexist, etc.