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Ace Acme

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7. The test of a first-rate intelligence

Reply to William Seger (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 27, 2013, 04:28 PM

Oct 2013

Last edited Sun Oct 27, 2013, 10:45 PM - Edit history (1)

... is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

In the absence of sufficient information to draw conclusions, endorsing two contradictory ideas as alternative possibilities is pathological only to someone who is, for some unknown reason, very anxious to close the books on a subject.

Do I really have to remind you about a foolish consistency and all that?

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Belief in Conspiracies Can Lead to Contradictions [View all] Make7 Aug 2013 OP

Link please n/t intaglio Aug 2013 #1

k here... Make7 Aug 2013 #6

It's like fighting al-qaeda and supporting it at the same time. /nt jakeXT Aug 2013 #2

"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things." Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #3

Like a religion. Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #4

There's a good one in GD now William Seger Aug 2013 #5

The test of a first-rate intelligence Ace Acme Oct 2013 #7

LOL, cognitive dissonance is a sign of superior intelligence? William Seger Oct 2013 #8

In a word, yes. Ace Acme Oct 2013 #9

In a word, LOL William Seger Oct 2013 #10

Your belief that evidence can not be contradictory is indicative of a crippled epistemology. Ace Acme Oct 2013 #11

LOL some more William Seger Oct 2013 #12

Where do you get the idea that evidence that a Saudi family aided Ace Acme Oct 2013 #13

Yeah, that's the ticket William Seger Oct 2013 #14

Princess Haifa was a friend of the Bushes nt Ace Acme Oct 2013 #15

A) Sez who? B) So what? William Seger Oct 2013 #16

You never heard of "Bandar Bush"? Ace Acme Oct 2013 #17

I'm not surprised that you didn't answer a single question William Seger Nov 2013 #18

I didn't say "must". YOu seem to be implying that she must NOT be a friend of the Bushes, Ace Acme Nov 2013 #19

(Sigh) looks like another reading comprehension issue William Seger Nov 2013 #20

I think you like to jump on persons who post comment here without addressing their own questions... MrMickeysMom Nov 2013 #21

"You favor argument over discussion." William Seger Nov 2013 #24

I didn't say I had a first-rate intelligence. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #22

So, you flunked your own litmus test in post #7 ? William Seger Nov 2013 #23

Blah blah blah Ace Acme Nov 2013 #25

'Blah blah blah" zappaman Nov 2013 #26

Facts needn't be proven, only aknowledged. Ace Acme Nov 2013 #27