In a message dated 8/27/2004 6:09:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
formoria AT carolina.rr.com writes:
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> On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 08:46 PM, MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:
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> > In a message dated 8/27/2004 4:45:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > formoria AT carolina.rr.com writes:
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> >> Now you're speaking of two different things. One can be correct yet
> >> persuade noone. Cassandra, anyone? Being correct does not require a
> >> consensus. Being correct requires only that one's arguments contain the
> >> facts.
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> > However, in science, if you persuade no one--then you are out of luck.
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> In what way is one out of luck? Ostracized?
Maybe...but sometimes you can cry all the way to the bank. P.T. Barnum
summed it up. There's one born every minute.