tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post4120686989873042108..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: What... is your quest?Gordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-50719540109481752014-04-03T01:47:38.370-07:002014-04-03T01:47:38.370-07:00Of course, it's always possible that this has ...Of course, it's always possible that this has something to do with the fact that Margarita Torres has another (fictional) book to sell ...<br /><br />http://www.margaritatorres.es/novelas-historicas/mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401924160580128645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-60458390799116436632014-04-02T10:53:26.629-07:002014-04-02T10:53:26.629-07:00But everyone knows that the grail is made of wood ...But everyone knows that the grail is made of wood ,because he was a carpenter!!!!! Or you're gonna tell me the Indiana Jones movies are inaccurate...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645583663237706872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-75130373910306949512014-04-02T06:08:48.760-07:002014-04-02T06:08:48.760-07:00I've always thought that people committed to a...I've always thought that people committed to a silly-ass belief (as opposed to those open to considering evidence), are well aware on some level of how silly-ass those beliefs are. They know which evidence they have to defend themselves against receiving, and defend themselves most vehemently against the most telling counter-evidence. They couldn't do that unless they know exactly, somewhere in their minds, exactly where their beliefs are most vulnerable to disproof.<br /><br />They just manage to compartmentalize somehow, in a way that's never really worked for me.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com