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Old 27-September-2007, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tim Thompson View Post
They have to believe that you must be wrong, because otherwise the entire edifice of their faith is shattered, and they will suffer anything before they give up on their faith.
This is the crux of the problem.
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(By the way, I hate it that so many papers in the areas of planetary science and geology are not easily available to the dreaded "non-subscribers". It is like they are screaming at me: "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH". Good, I feel better now.)

"Quaerendo inventis"