In alt.alien.visitors Michael Davis <mdavis19@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
: Notorious net kook and stalking freak Roberta "Mop Jockey" Wolfe 
: wrote:

:> Can anybody else figure out why I praised Mike on his k0oky kut-and-paste
:> job?

: --- Cue sound of crickets chirping ---

: Well gee, I guess nobody can.
: Here's another question. Can anybody figure out why you post the 
: kooky bullshit you do? I mean other than the obvious reasons that 
: you are a kook and a psycho?

: -- 
: The Evil Michael Davis(tm)
: http://mdavis19.tripod.com
: http://skepticult.org Member #264-70198-536
: Member #33 1/3 of The "I Have Been Killfiled By Tommy" Club

: "There's a sucker born every minute" - David Hannum (often 
: erroneously attributed to P. T. Barnum)


:> 
:> It?s really not that hard to figure out.  Don?t think too hard...  I know
:> Mikey won?t.
:> 
:> Michael Davis wrote:
:> 
:> 
:>>Sir Arthur C. B. E. Wholeflaffers A.S.A. wrote:
:>>
:>>A bunch of stale old bullshit that got flushed.
:>>
:>>How do you become a debunker? Glad you asked.
:>>
:>>First, learn to read, and correctly comprehend what you read.
:>>
:>>Next don?t waste your newfound reading skills on garbage like
:>>supermarket tabloids, fringe web sites, or books put out by
:>>pseudo-scientific cranks. Stick to mainstream, credible sources.
:>>If a story is real, it will eventually show up there.
:>>
:>>Next, have a rubectomy done. Remove all traces of credulity,
:>>faith, gullibility and true belief from your mind. Remember that
:>>just because a lot of people choose to believe in something
:>>doesn?t necessarily mean that it is true.
:>>
:>>Learn the definition of evidence as it is used in science. Forget
:>>about the legal definition of evidence, as it is useless for
:>>finding the truth. Law isn?t about truth. If it were then innocent
:>>men would never go to prison and guilty men would never go free.
:>>
:>>Next, learn to be skeptical. News flash: Not everyone is telling
:>>the truth. Learn to be skeptical of claims that sound improbable,
:>>impossible, or just plain wrong, especially when they don?t come
:>>with any supporting evidence (see above).
:>>
:>>Learn that the onus of proof is always on the claimant. They have
:>>the total obligation to back up their claims. You are under no
:>>obligation whatsoever to try to disprove their claim or locate any
:>>contradictory evidence. The mere failure of a claimant to back up
:>>his claim with evidence is reason enough to assume the claim may
:>>be incorrect.
:>>
:>>Don?t let anyone convince you that your standards are too high or
:>>that they are impossible to meet. You will quickly find that
:>>people making claims based in reality will have no trouble backing
:>>up those claims with evidence. Only people whose claims are based
:>>on nothing more than fantasy, faith, delusion or fraud will have
:>>trouble doing so.
:>>
:>>Next, challenge anyone making a claim you find improbable to back
:>>up their claim with evidence.
:>>
:>>If they cannot or will not produce the requested evidence, point
:>>out to them that they have failed to make their case, and that you
:>>see no valid reason to believe their claim is true.
:>>
:>>If they persist in promoting their unproven claim as if it were
:>>fact, then they are clearly engaged in lying. You may now assume
:>>they are just peddling bunk, and begin using debunking tactics
:>>such as ridicule to expose their lies and falsehoods, and remove
:>>any credibility they may have.
:>>
:>>Congratulations, you are now a debunker.
:>>
:>>--
:>>The Evil Michael Davis(tm)
:>>http://mdavis19.tripod.com
:>>http://skepticult.org Member #264-70198-536
:>>Member #33 1/3 of The "I Have Been Killfiled By Tommy" Club
:>>
:>>"There's a sucker born every minute" - David Hannum (often
:>>erroneously attributed to P. T. Barnum)
:> 
:> 
:> (Why so many question marks k0ok?)
:> 
:> --
:> Hace you fa0m!!!!!!!ll!!!!1!!!!!!!1!!?
:> 
:> 
:>