On Friday 02 May 2003 02:38 pm, Bill O'Hanlon wrote:
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 11:18:22AM -0700, Matt Beland wrote:
Why are you upset about it?
It's a constant distraction.
It's analogous to a radio astronomy mailing list constantly being trolled by flat earthers.
Bad analogy. It is more like a radio astronomy list being populated by astronomers who support both the constant-expansion ("open") universe model and those who support the eventual-collapse ("cyclic") universe model. Both groups are astronomers, but because they are both intelligent people who support different models, the models are constantly refined to prove one side or the other.
If it's not for useful discussion, just let us know. We'll all leave, and you can continue spreading the good word to precisely nobody.
Once the flat earthers leave, the conversation will get interesting again.
Not supported by current evidence. A few years ago, this list was highly interesting, and highly volatile. Populated by libertarians, anarchists, crypto experts, feds, political science students, scientists, cranks, gun nuts, gun control nuts, etc. Now? Looks like you've driven most of the interesting people away. Who's left? The ones who agree with you? Where's the fun in that? Don't you get tired of talking into an echo machine? -- Matt Beland matt@rearviewmirror.org http://www.rearviewmirror.org