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On 2002-06-04 20:07, Peter B wrote:
In each of these people’s cases, the belief appears to come first and the evidence second.
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Aha, a paradigm.
Distrust of authority figures could be a sign of mental illness--or it could be a result of the abuse of public trust by authority figures. One's a healthy skepticism, the other's not. The only way to tell them apart is by examining the evidence. Name calling and disparaging comments do not contribute to progress.