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To: TobagoJack who wrote (24977)	11/9/2007 7:06:39 AM
From: Gib Bogle	Respond to of 219927

There are many who believe in homeopathy. They swear that it worked for them. There are countless nutty ideas in the world with hundreds of millions believing in them. Whatever cranky idea you come up with (remember the breatharians?) you'll be able to get people to take it seriously. I don't think you have to worry about people dismissing that which they cannot understand, rather the converse - people seem to need to believe in that which they do not understand.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (24977)	11/9/2007 9:16:23 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 219927

TJ, I guessed that's what you meant, but since that's illogical, didn't think it could be. You are right that ignorant people stand in the way of people who want to try things, but that doesn't mean that any crazy scam is therefore correct, true and worthwhile. Or that all opposition is wrong. If there's no evident mechanism, and the aura of charlatanism surrounds it, with financial gain to the proponent, I take it with a dose of salt, so to speak. Meaning I don't take it. There is no magic. Everything is causal. The mechanisms of physics are not subject to wishful thinking. There is an infinite array of possible ideas and a far more limited range of real things. Sorting the wheat from the chaff is progress. Mqurice