SkeptiSaurus
Chrono Cadet
Re: Does Time Run Backward in Other Universes?
After everything that I've learned about you and the history of this thread, it doesn't surprise me in the least that you have problems differentiating between 'skepticism' and 'common sense' HDRKid.
Hearing of a forest fire or hearing a cancer diagnosis are situations that require common sense not skepticism. Of course, other factors may be involved. If it was YOU telling me there was a forest fire, my common sense would be tinged with skepticism. (You ever hear the story about the boy who cried wolf?) Your ability to get the facts right -about so many things- seems extremely out of whack. Far more so than usual. In fact I would go so far as to say that on a good day, you'd have trouble predicting a forest fire if you could see it with a telescope!
There are occasions, however, when its possible to apply both skepticism and common sense to a situation and come to the same conclusion.
For example...
1. Someone who claims they have prior knowledge of the future (and has a history of doing so with overwhelmingly unimpressive results) makes a very specific prediction.
This situation requires a healthy skepticism.
2. Said person once again fails completely in their prediction despite the fact that they gave themselves a 50/50 chance of getting it right.
Being skeptical in this situation requires common sense. Coming to the conclusion (as I have about you time and time and time again) that you are completely incapable of telling the future is commons sense. My dog can predict the future better than you. Both Rainman, myself and many others for example all predicted that Obama would get the Democratic nomination this year and were correct. You were wrong as indeed you were wrong the last major election when you predicted Kerry would get it. You yourself were so unsure of your powers of prediction that despite me asking a HUNDRED times you wouldn't put your money where your mouth was with regard to the Hillary prediction.
Your powers are so far from being amazing its genuinely...amazing.
What is even more amazing, of course, is your continuing ability to completely ignore these failings and brush them under the carpet.
A far better analogy than the one you used would be: If a habitual liar and thief kept asking you for a loan of money before running off with it would you apply skepticism or common sense to this person?
I would suggest both HDRKid.
So the question becomes 'Why is that you don't apply some healthy skepticism and common sense to yourself HDRkid?'
If you did I think you'll discover 'common sense' will make you reappraise your powers enormously.
Glad to help you out with your confusion. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
HDRKid: Hi Skeptic:
I used to think it was healthy to be a skeptic, but it is not. If I tell you the forest is on fire and you wait, by the time you see the warning signs it is too late. If a doctor tells you that you have cancer and you wait until sign appear for you to start feeling bad, by that time it is too late to operate. -o-
After everything that I've learned about you and the history of this thread, it doesn't surprise me in the least that you have problems differentiating between 'skepticism' and 'common sense' HDRKid.
Hearing of a forest fire or hearing a cancer diagnosis are situations that require common sense not skepticism. Of course, other factors may be involved. If it was YOU telling me there was a forest fire, my common sense would be tinged with skepticism. (You ever hear the story about the boy who cried wolf?) Your ability to get the facts right -about so many things- seems extremely out of whack. Far more so than usual. In fact I would go so far as to say that on a good day, you'd have trouble predicting a forest fire if you could see it with a telescope!
There are occasions, however, when its possible to apply both skepticism and common sense to a situation and come to the same conclusion.
For example...
1. Someone who claims they have prior knowledge of the future (and has a history of doing so with overwhelmingly unimpressive results) makes a very specific prediction.
This situation requires a healthy skepticism.
2. Said person once again fails completely in their prediction despite the fact that they gave themselves a 50/50 chance of getting it right.
Being skeptical in this situation requires common sense. Coming to the conclusion (as I have about you time and time and time again) that you are completely incapable of telling the future is commons sense. My dog can predict the future better than you. Both Rainman, myself and many others for example all predicted that Obama would get the Democratic nomination this year and were correct. You were wrong as indeed you were wrong the last major election when you predicted Kerry would get it. You yourself were so unsure of your powers of prediction that despite me asking a HUNDRED times you wouldn't put your money where your mouth was with regard to the Hillary prediction.
Your powers are so far from being amazing its genuinely...amazing.
What is even more amazing, of course, is your continuing ability to completely ignore these failings and brush them under the carpet.
A far better analogy than the one you used would be: If a habitual liar and thief kept asking you for a loan of money before running off with it would you apply skepticism or common sense to this person?
I would suggest both HDRKid.
So the question becomes 'Why is that you don't apply some healthy skepticism and common sense to yourself HDRkid?'
If you did I think you'll discover 'common sense' will make you reappraise your powers enormously.
Glad to help you out with your confusion. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif