5/10/2005: Dinosaur tracks

[lookout123]

Just wanted to know if there was any hope for the open and rational among us, or if we should just shut up, stop wasting time and accept we aren't going to get through to a large segment of the population.

in your phrasing you've pointed to the problem more clearly than you know. if your mind (and mine) isn't somewhat open to the idea thatYOU might be the wrong one, why would you expect anyone else to either?

too often people mistake their beliefs and ideas for themselves. there is a very fine line between believing your ideas to be superior, and believing you are superior. once your self-image is wrapped up in your ideas, admitting your idea might not be superior means you might be somehow inferior.

er, something.