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To: Neocon who wrote (59662)	9/24/2002 2:30:12 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 82486

Without adequate empirical grounding, we can draw no useful conclusions........ So if you found out that he was wrong about some of his facts, you would change your mind about the validity of what he said? IMO, I would find what he says useful or not useful without much concern for whether he got the facts right or wrong. In sociology and medicine, among other disciplines, it's common practice to present a case or situation on the basis of a composite or even hypothetical situation. I use hypotheticals frequently in my practice, and they can be very useful. Certainly I agree that if a person presents as facts things that it turns out aren't true and he knows they aren't true, his credibility as a truth teller suffers. This is amply demonstrated by recent well publicized cases in journalism, for example. But I'm not so sure that that invalidates the message the person was trying to convey. Take the instance of the professor who made up, apparently out of whole cloth, a record of having been in the service in Vietnam. Does that make the principles he taught any less valid or true?

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