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From: Brian Trosko
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:00

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D.M. wrote:
: >Most times, when *everyone* says you're wrong, you are in fact wrong.
: >Refusal to acknowledge that is evidence of kookdom.

: Oh, that makes a lot of sense. 

It does indeed.  You'll note that I said 'most times,' as opposed to 'all
the time.'

: was wrong, when, in fact, the majority were  wrong. Because everybody
: believes it, does NOT make it right. That a majority believes it does
: not make it right, either.

Belief has little to do with epistemology.  I merely stated a correlation.
Most of the time, *especially* on the net, when a lone voice maintains
"I'm correct, and everybody else is wrong," that person turns out to be at
least slightly around the bend, if not a true kook.

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From: Brian Trosko <btrosko@primenet.com>
Subject: Re: Is Primenet secure ? ...
Date: 1997/04/28
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