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Old 06-08-2021, 12:34 AM   #159 (permalink)
JulianEdgar
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Originally Posted by j-c-c View Post
If you can't understand the difference between "embracing" and "open", this discussion is rather pointless.

But I do have a "silly" idea, you really do understand the difference, and why you are resorting to pejoratives, because you are unable to back away from your original contentious unsupported statement that "ideas alone are worthless", and that is not a shortcoming I share. You have proven that inability rather well, I concede.
Why would I want to back away? You keep saying that as if I am suddenly going to see the light you purportedly espouse.

I think ideas without evidence (as I said: ideas alone) are worthless.

There is literally an infinite number of ideas that people can have, and the way most people sort out the ones to follow is when the ideas are supported by evidence.

That all seems to me to be stating the bleeding obvious.

But if you want to be open to all ideas, go for it. I'll ignore the ones for which there is no evidence.