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To: elmatador who wrote (79781)	9/17/2011 7:01:09 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 217813

>>We must keep the facts in focus. Once one diverts to feeling this or that, then we would be going psychologist, i.e., trying to discern what had a person was holding in his mind when he was expressing one opinion based on facts. This seems unlikely. It is well known that our minds have many levels of thought because we have many parts to our brains. Further, what we think now is greatly influenced by what we have experienced recently, even by such trivial events as movies or jokes. It's hard enough to be dispassionate despite such influences. Denying that we can be influenced is irrational. Nevertheless, I agree that it is not likely that we can have knowledge of what causes another person's opinions. Not likely, but not impossible. Also nevertheless, it just is. Facts are facts, but the conclusions we draw from facts are not facts.