tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post198903726696657656..comments2023-06-19T04:35:06.263-07:00Comments on Skeptic's Play: Adventures with LaRouchebagsmillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-41218164673354959512009-06-07T07:33:26.038-07:002009-06-07T07:33:26.038-07:00I didn't mention Ben because I wasn't goin...I didn't mention Ben because I wasn't going to write a whole transcript of the conversation. But Ben was the one who came up with the E = mc^2 argument, among other things.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-78164951141159851772009-06-07T01:16:19.718-07:002009-06-07T01:16:19.718-07:00Here is the link to the LaRouchebags vs. the Objec...Here is the link to the LaRouchebags vs. the Objectivists:<br />http://wlym.com/mp3/20051115-ucla-debate.mp3<br /><br />It is fairly long, but the audio is surprisingly pretty good.<br /><br />I personally thought that the LaRouchebags(LR) did pretty good. That ended at the very end though when Q & A came around.<br /><br />I also mean very good relative to how poorly I felt LOGIC did. Not that the guys were bad at speaking, had flawed arguments or weren't smart--they were not prepared at all. They thought that because they knew everything about Ayn Rand they could just talk about her philosophy and destroy the LRs. A consequence of this is that they looked like they were scrambling between each other and had no evidence irl to support themselves.<br /><br />The LRs were smart and didn't hint at any of their crazy ideas. They talked about FDR, the founding fathers, and that Kepler guy. I mean, people love FDR and the founding fathers, who as anything on them?<br /><br />DESPITE this, I think the LRs would have been devastated by LOGIC if LOGIC did their research. LR has like 20 different organizations hosted on 20 different sites. ALL of them discuss the crazy ideas LaRouche really has.<br /><br />The guy talks about the East Indian Co as if it is still around. He's a 911 truther.<br /><br />Auugh I could go on and on but maybe I should just make a post of my own on my blog.<br /><br />One quick thing, you gotta remember to mention Ben because he did really well talking to them, too.<br /><br />JoeJoe Sonseedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749910307063753283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-40990641444957440602009-06-06T09:20:04.402-07:002009-06-06T09:20:04.402-07:00They are not students. I'm pretty sure they b...They are not students. I'm pretty sure they believe that students are being brainwashed by their college education.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-90814424839954368622009-06-06T00:07:06.681-07:002009-06-06T00:07:06.681-07:00I am amazed that such people can gain entrance to ...I am amazed that such people can gain entrance to and survive in a university such as yours. How is this possible? What courses do they take, and what kind of professors tolerate them? It seems to me that people with such ignorance would have a very short survival time in the university. I would think that they could be made the subject of a very interesting sociological study.DeralterChemikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05418046984984036644noreply@blogger.com