> Just saw a. . . commercial premised on the patently false beliefs. . .
Never more than a little bit of customization required.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/09/30/skepticism-is-so-easily-displaced-by-fantasy/ ---------------- We’ve seen it so many times before, you think we’d learn. The glib, charismatic con man, short on evidence but long on vision. The desirable dream: cure my fatal disease, show me proof of an afterlife, teach me how to unleash my psychic powers. We’re supposed to be good at recognizing those, and rejecting them. But it turns out that the con man just needs to tailor his fantasy to fit, and he can reach even the hard core skeptics. . . ====
> Just saw a. . . commercial premised on the patently false beliefs. . .
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http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/09/30/skepticism-is-so-easily-displaced-by-fantasy/
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We’ve seen it so many times before, you think we’d learn.
The glib, charismatic con man, short on evidence but long
on vision. The desirable dream: cure my fatal disease,
show me proof of an afterlife, teach me how to unleash my
psychic powers. We’re supposed to be good at recognizing
those, and rejecting them. But it turns out that the
con man just needs to tailor his fantasy to fit, and he can
reach even the hard core skeptics. . .
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Big Daddy will show us the way!
Didn't you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?
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One o' them no-neck monsters must've cut the cheese.
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