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From: greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg)
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Subject: Re: Helpful vs. Harmful Therapy
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Date: Sun, 30-Mar-86 15:54:04 EST
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In article <2772@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:
>At last, a major point of agreement between me and the llama-guy.
>Hofstadter's "World Views in Collision:  Skeptical Inquirer vs. National
>Enquirer", found originally in SciAm and reproduced in "Metamagical
>Themas", should be required reading for every single high school student
>in America (and should be read by anyone already out of high school
>who hasn't already done so).  One of the most exquisite exposes on the
>nature of knowledge and sham I have ever read.  (Religionists especially
>should peruse this.)

If one argues with fools too much, one runs the risk of becoming a fool
oneself.  I might add that Mr. Rosen seems to be more in need of this advice
than does Mr. Hofstadter.
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