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05-22-2016, 03:02 PM   #2653029  /  #426
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So far. That is why the missing ingredient is some reason for people to want to believe Dave's crap. You need a promised land, or special powers, or a front-row seat in the afterlife, spiritual enlightenment... something people want.

Oh, and Dave would need to grow some charisma. So the world is probably safe for the foreseeable future :P
One time I told Dave that desirability is not and indicator of accuracy.
He responded quite accurately that it is a reason to pursue a particular area of research.

But I don't think he understood that something being good if it is true is no reason to believe it.

Kent Hovind's version of tax laws were better for him.
Too bad for him it wasn't the real version of tax laws.
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