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[Joe Campbell]

Even in the case of medicine? Do you trust no one? Sorry but I don't
believe you!

I'm not denying that a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing.
Actually, I consider myself a bit of a skeptic about almost any topic.

But when push comes to shove and a decision needs to be made and we're
considering matters of science in order to set public policy, I don't see a
better general rule than "Follow the overwhelming consensus." I don't see
"Follow the guy who thinks about it in his spare time instead of the
consensus opinion of the experts" as a very good GENERAL rule to follow,
and neither do you. Or at least you shouldn't.

That is not dogmatism; it is common sense.

On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Steven Basoa <sbasoa at moscow.com> wrote:

> On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:
>
> >Then we come down to the issue of what I or anyone else should do when
> given the choice of (a) believing what the majority of experts say on >ANY
> topic or (b) believing what you say, given that you have no formal
> training, education, or expertise.
>
> I have always found that a healthy dose of skepticism is almost always
> warranted, no matter the subject.
>
> >The wise decision is (a). Even you will agree in most cases that this
> general way of thinking is correct.
>
> Why will Paul agree to this?  Because you say so?  There you go being
> dogmatic yet again...   ;-]
>
> -SB
>
>
>
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