In Reply to: It's already been explained to you posted by Analog Scott on May 28, 2006 at 09:46:13:
If you are prior inclined to believe that something could not work, your beliefs will color what you hear also. I guess I am painting you with the same brush I would paint Mr. Austin with, but hey you jumped into the fray.But the real issue, I think, is why you care whether people delude themselves. Is it your responsibility to save them? Who appointed you? If you are out to stop hype to increase sales, lots of luck living in a capitalist society. If you want to justify why you don't buy certain products, save your time as we are not interested.
I would like to hear some of the Belt tweaks in a demonstration but most are too expensive and time consuming to give them a try.
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Follow Ups
- I think that you need to consider also the effects of your beliefs - Norm 12:09:49 05/28/06 (55)
- The same color stripe demands the same brush. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:01:08 05/28/06 (2)
- A great philosophy if you are interested in stereotyping people instead of dealing with them. nt - Analog Scott 16:08:34 05/28/06 (1)
- Bingo. nt - Rick W 17:43:59 05/31/06 (0)
- Re: I think that you need to consider also the effects of your beliefs - Analog Scott 16:02:21 05/28/06 (6)
- I suspect that you assume that without a scientific explanation that you find plausible, you suspect fraud. Correct? - Norm 20:59:43 05/28/06 (5)
- No. I suspect you are not reading my posts with any care. - Analog Scott 08:21:01 05/29/06 (4)
- I can only conclude that you do not really understand what you say. - Norm 11:41:26 05/29/06 (3)
- Clearly you don't understand what I am saying. - Analog Scott 13:13:13 05/29/06 (2)
- As I said you want to be the judge and jury. Lots of luck. nt - Norm 15:07:37 05/29/06 (1)
- oh, *you* said it, must be true despite what I say about my intentions. nt - Analog Scott 16:33:13 05/29/06 (0)
- A bundle of weak arguments - Jim Austin 16:59:24 05/28/06 (44)
- One very weak response - Norm 20:44:33 05/28/06 (31)
- Re: One very weak response - Jim Austin 04:30:06 05/29/06 (15)
- One very weak response redux - Charles Hansen 05:28:07 05/29/06 (3)
- Re: One very weak response redux - Jim Austin 08:45:51 05/29/06 (2)
- Re: One very weak response redux - Charles Hansen 12:11:01 05/29/06 (1)
- Evidence? - hexenboden 15:18:42 05/31/06 (0)
- Of course, I am speaking for myself, as are you. - Norm 05:55:39 05/29/06 (10)
- Science? - John Atkinson 10:21:44 05/29/06 (9)
- Yes, who needs to please everybody.... - cheap-Jack 08:34:26 06/01/06 (0)
- You will seldom see scientist using such loaded words - Norm 11:47:43 05/29/06 (2)
- I was taught to say "weighted words", but yes -- the ol' appeal to the emotions usually wins the masses. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:20:46 05/30/06 (1)
- Maybe another regional difference nt - Norm 12:06:21 05/30/06 (0)
- "Well argued"? - Charles Hansen 12:25:32 05/29/06 (1)
- You still have that imaginary bridge huh? - bjh 12:40:13 05/29/06 (0)
- More examples - Charles Hansen 15:01:21 05/29/06 (2)
- Gravitons... - real_jj 13:21:34 05/31/06 (0)
- When audio engineers go bad - Jim Austin 16:30:04 05/29/06 (0)
- Are you against consumer protection against scams? - Analog Scott 08:42:09 05/29/06 (13)
- On AA, definitely! From government I want it. nt - Norm 11:34:51 05/29/06 (11)
- That makes no sense - Analog Scott 20:59:26 05/29/06 (10)
- It is just the case that it may only be your opinion - Norm 06:37:11 05/30/06 (9)
- Fraud isn't just a matter of opinion - Analog Scott 08:37:56 05/30/06 (8)
- It would be interesting to learn how this product fared if it is a real example. - Norm 12:04:33 05/30/06 (7)
- It is a real example - Analog Scott 15:19:18 05/30/06 (6)
- Or at least trying to do so. - Norm 16:21:15 05/30/06 (5)
- Well then we agree about fraud. - Analog Scott 19:40:43 05/30/06 (4)
- I would not go that far, but there is some fraud, not as much as you think, however, and not defined as you do. nt - Norm 20:22:46 05/30/06 (3)
- Please, stop with your assumptions about what i think. - Analog Scott 08:19:34 05/31/06 (2)
- Re: "the only example I've run across" - geoffkait 09:24:34 05/31/06 (1)
- That's ridiculous - Analog Scott 09:45:56 05/31/06 (0)
- Let me amend that to exclude the W. Bush administration. nt - Norm 11:36:06 05/29/06 (0)
- "You seem to think you are the scam police." No "seem" about it! - clarkjohnsen 09:23:44 05/30/06 (0)
- A bundle of weak arguments redux - Charles Hansen 21:06:08 05/28/06 (1)
- Re: A bundle of weak arguments redux - Jim Austin 04:10:39 05/29/06 (0)
- Re: A bundle of weak arguments - mls-stl 07:17:01 05/29/06 (0)
- Why ???? - hexenboden 08:43:37 05/29/06 (8)
- Re: Why ???? - Jim Austin 08:52:58 05/29/06 (5)
- Conversion - hexenboden 09:16:42 05/29/06 (4)
- Skepticism about what science can tell us? - Norm 11:32:58 05/29/06 (1)
- When did I suggest that ??? (nt) - hexenboden 19:56:26 05/29/06 (0)
- Re: Conversion - Jim Austin 12:25:39 05/29/06 (1)
- Indeed (nt) - hexenboden 19:55:38 05/29/06 (0)
- Re: Why ???? - bjh 11:23:46 05/29/06 (1)
- Babble, babble, LOL (nt) - hexenboden 19:36:05 05/29/06 (0)