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		Executor on March 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TEDx talks discredited: Sheldrake speaks, argues t... How are his ideas dumb? He is proposing to expand scientific inquiry. Your comments seem to prove his point - dogmatism. Using the terms "dumb" or "quackery" really lowers your persuasion. Using your own vocabulary: I guess your "shit" didn't stick to the wall. :)

polemic on March 7, 2013 [–]

Firstly, I didn't say his ideas are dumb. I said you have a right to hold dumb ideas.

Secondly, some ideas are dumb, some ideas are quackery. It's a good thing to recognise that fact. If you don't like the terminology, well, I'm just saying it like it is.

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