tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post4064954518242755118..comments2023-10-31T02:02:10.136-07:00Comments on Immodest Proposals: I'm Allergic to Junk Science and Wild Conclusions . . .XWLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-17946638468610182202008-01-09T16:28:00.000-08:002008-01-09T16:28:00.000-08:00One of my favorite quotes from Umberto Eco's "Fouc...One of my favorite quotes from Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum":<BR/><BR/>Not that the incredulous person doesn't believe in anything. It's just that he doesn't believe everything. Or he believes in one thing at a time. He believes a second thing only if it somehow follows from the first thing. He is nearsighted and methodical, avoiding wide horizons. If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that's credulity.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116980864333670109noreply@blogger.com