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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Dr. Emmanuel Wu)
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Subject: Re: Rich Rosen's Fearful Thinking
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Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 09:50:53 EST
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Followup to this article by Paul Torek in net.philosophy.

To summarize:  Paul's notion of fearful thinking, the belief that those
who question wishful thinking beliefs out of "fear" that they might be
right, is erroneous.  Given the evidence in favor of such beliefs, there
is nothing to fear except for people trying to impose such beliefs as a
societal morality.  It appears that those who propose such a notion are
doing so as a sort of placating self-defense -- the reason their beliefs
are being questioned has nothing to do with there not being enough evidence
to support it, but rather because its opponents are "fearful" that it might
be right.  As such, the notion of other people engaging in "fearful
thinking" is just another example of real live wishful thinking.
-- 
"Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end."
						Rich Rosen   pyuxd!rlr