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From: PH408014@BROWNVM.BITNET (Tim Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Cognitive dissonance
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Date: 5 Feb 90 21:41:16 GMT
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>Now, having apparently missed some of the recent flame wars, what has
>cog diss got to do with disarmament and if it seems relevant is it merely
>being used as a post hoc explanatory label (sometimes difficult to
>distinguish from name calling) or does it offer truely innovative
>prediction, understanding, or control of a phenomenon?
>                            -Karl Hursey

  Thanks for the explanation.  It was used as an Ad Hominem attack
on an argument earlier.  And, in case you were wondering, was
brought up again in a sarcastic manner....which apparently escaped
Dave.
                               -Tim