On Apr 3, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Seraphim Blade wrote:
I can see where you're coming from. Though I imagine that generally, truly uncontroversial information just goes right through without causing, well, any controversy. The minute someone says "Who says it's so?" the information has just become controversial, and "I do" doesn't seem like a tremendously good answer at that point.
The problem is that people are saying "who says it's so" for reasons that are, to be blunt, kinda stupid. People need to stop challenging information on subjects they're ignorant about or that they don't sincerely doubt the validity of. Absent that safety we have to be ready to say "Oh for God's sake, just stop worrying about it."
-Phil