I can't speak for Amanda, although her reasoning for her
conclusion is *far* more rigorously stated than mine. I've
accumulated my opinion over years of observation. [I basically
study how people tell stories, likely more from a psychological
POV / personality POV / 'what's their agenda POV' / who are they
unknowingly the voicebox for POV more than anything] It's not
that their stories aren't possible, but the way they get there
seems to be back-projecting bias. "Here's today. Here's what we
see. Here's stuff from the past. Based on what we know of today,
this is what was the past." This _could_ be ok, if the biases we
have are weeded out. But they aren't. There's mythology within
each of the sciences, some more than others. They're necessary
mythologies in order to continue their research. For example, in
physics, you have a point. But there is no such thing as a
point. But it's a necessary myth. Some branches of the sciences
have more myths than others. Evolutionary biology is full of
them. == Oh, I've been online too many years to be agitated by
anything on my computer. Been here since 1989 and I don't think
there's a discussion topic I haven't talked about or personality
type I haven't encountered. Any perceived agitation about me
from you must amount to psychological projection from you and
not an accurate analysis of my personality state. tongue
emoticon == People in forums are notoriously awful at reading
intent or internal psychological states of those they write to.
Professionals get it wrong enough and amateurs even more so.
It's not worth the effort, except perhaps as a little jab in the
arm to continue discussion for whatever reason one continues
otherwise dead sidetrack conversations. I do it because I enjoy
your personality type. It's a neverending source of amusement.
== [notice my pattern: I acknowledge the possibility that you
might be correct in your assertion without actually agreeing to
it, and then I switch over to minimizing both its importance and
that of my own response]. and yeah, I do pat myself on the back
a lot. I'm a tad narcissistic. Endearing to some, off-putting to
others. Oh well smile emoticon ==
