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chuck.drake
I doubt anyone requested Bro be banned. He was quite silly.
Or we aren't snitches.
Linda
Or we aren't snitches.
Linda
Materialism is a philosophy that cannot include psi. It cannot include psi because it would require a mechanism to do so. As no such mechanism is available, psi cannot exist for materialists. It's a pre-sealed world.So you're going to give me crap about not moving away from materialism and toward ... what ... idealism? And you think that such a move would be based on evidence? Have you told this to all the philosophers?
~~ Paul
EthanT spotted him and called him out.I doubt anyone requested Bro be banned. He was quite silly.
Exactly. Which is why none of you should be moderators. Either you're woefully incompetent enough to spot these things, or you think them funny enough to allow trolling to happen.
Thanks for clarifying my position
It crossed my mind that D Shropshire was a mischievous invention by a proponent, to send up pseudo-skeptic opinions.I would not ban a poster like D. Shrop...
So what's the alternative?What's with the false dichotomy, oh you of the amazing critical thinking skills?
Linda
So why not just ignore him? That's what I do to the proponent trolls.I referred D.Shropshire (maybe others did too) for the mess he made of this thread:
http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/article-wrongful-rejection-of-cold-fusion.724/
I would defy anyone to claim that his behaviour was reasonable - he seems to know absolutely nothing about the subject, be uninterested to learn, but want to interject continually.
David
So why not just ignore him? That's what I do to the proponent trolls.
Linda
Perhaps they were.It crossed my mind that D Shropshire was a mischievous invention by a proponent, to send up pseudo-skeptic opinions.
No, my question was: How did anyone know he was banned?Because Bro was AM, who was daryl, who was Sniffy etc.
It's really easy to spot, and a quick ip check is really easy to verify.
Who assumed proponents were snitches? Iyace seemed to assume non-proponents were (taking our silence as lack of knowledge, meaning that if we had knowledge, we would have said something). Nobody said anything about proponents, though.Materialism is a philosophy that cannot include psi. It cannot include psi because it would require a mechanism to do so. As no such mechanism is available, psi cannot exist for materialists. It's a pre-sealed world.
Why do skeptics assume proponents are snitches? Is there any evidence of this?
In fact, provide me one legitimate answer as to why you would spot a known troll who sent people violent porngraphic images and threats to other forum members and not speak up?What's with the false dichotomy, oh you of the amazing critical thinking skills?
Linda
Indeed, but how can you tell the difference between pseudo-skeptic opinions and a send up of the same?Perhaps they were.
Probably clicking on his name or somesuch.No, my question was: How did anyone know he was banned?
~~ Paul
The way a sockpuppet is spotted is by doing an IP analysis.Exactly. Which is why none of you should be moderators. Either you're woefully incompetent enough to spot these things, or you think them funny enough to allow trolling to happen.
Same way you tell the difference between a pseudo-proponent and a parody of the same.Indeed, but how can you tell the difference between pseudo-skeptic opinions and a send up of the same?
How?Same way you tell the difference between a pseudo-proponent and a parody of the same.
~~ Paul
I was unaware that Pabst had done this. Perhaps a properly maintained suspensions and banning thread would be helpful in this regard?In fact, provide me one legitimate answer as to why you would spot a known troll who sent people violent porngraphic images and threats to other forum members and not speak up?