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Originally Posted by fellowtraveler  So you have no comment on ALG's info on quantum effects on the macro level? |
I can only debate about that with which I have experience. I would hazard a guess that neither ALG nor I have experience with quantum mechanics, and so I will not debate about it. I can only offer what I know or have heard. I would take his opinion about quantum mechanics more into consideration if he were a physicist who has explicitly studied it, but assuming that is not the case, I feel neither of us are qualified to discuss it. I have seen both articles supporting his points and refuting them, so all I can do is offer what I know, which admittedly isn't yet very much.
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Originally Posted by fellowtraveler No offense, but it's interesting the things to which we choose to react. You seem to have asked people to put their ducks in a row mostly so that you'll have something to knock down. If you were interested in new information, you would absorb it or not, and move on. |
If you read my original post, I stated that I would be questioning and asking for more information about everyone's beliefs. I do get defensive when someone lectures me about how their beliefs are correct, and implies I am mistaken when I disagree with those beliefs, or will be a "perpetual seeker" forever just because I disagree. Therefore, I was a bit terse with ALG because I have seen his past posts, and know (no offense to him) that there is no arguing with him without encountering the aforementioned attitude.
If you also read my other posts in this thread, you should notice that I have tried to remain as respectful as possible, while trying to question people and ask for more information about their beliefs. My goal is to see what people believe, why they believe what they believe, how dedicated they are to those beliefs, and how they have come about them.
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Originally Posted by fellowtraveler If I knew you in real life, and your approach proved to be as shown here, I'd say you seem to possess a critical mass of negativity that gets in your way quite a bit. But I don't know you, so I have no right to judge that. Still again, good luck. |
Lol. Indeed you are right you have no right to judge me. I can't respond to what you said without offending, so I won't.
Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I am attacking you or am close-minded, nor does it mean I am trying to knock down your proverbial ducks.
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Originally Posted by fellowtraveler I had a teacher long ago who taught that being broadminded is folly, but being openminded is essential. |
One is often accused of being close-minded merely for disagreeing with another's belief. To each his own.