Subject:	Re: Damage control - John Dvorak Fired By Leo
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:47:43 -0500
From:	ferrix <gbs-gr@10forward.com>


On 9/29/2015 10:58 AM, Steve Gibson wrote:
> [for the unabridged version, see Chuck's post above]
>
>> John's side of the story:
>> http://bit.ly/1FF660G
>
> The following is a better link that captures the
> full content of John's NoAgenda newsletter:
> https://archive.is/UY28m
>

TL;DR: For everyone subscribing to No Agenda because of this fall out: 
wow, buckle up.  For years now their standard fare is a practically Alex 
Jones level of disregard for reality.


Having a contrary opinion doesn't mean it's likely to be right.  Sewing 
together anomalies and anecdotes doesn't make a compelling case.  And 
being in turn dismissed out of hand doesn't mean you are persecuted.

When your world view defines "what's really going on" as being something 
secretive and hidden that no one can fully expose, and contrary 
indications can always be dismissed as part of the conspiracy, then you 
have set up a tautological system.  As more time goes by, everything 
will fit into that system, and it will always seem right, regardless of 
what the facts might really be.

Just pick something fringe that you don't believe in (bigfoot? Alien 
abductions? Homeopathy?). There are people who have so thoroughly 
mis-wired their world view that it is in practice impossible to reach 
them.

Past a certain point, there's no benefit in continuing to argue with 
people who refuse to honestly and frequently pose themselves the 
questions "If I was wrong about this, how could I find out? What would 
convince me?"  Humans evolved for survival to assemble patterns and 
infer motivations, whether they exist or not.  Instead of seeking to 
confirm, seek to refute yourself.  Always treat your own beliefs as if 
they might be mistaken.  It's the only way to claw your way out of the 
biased quagmire of mentality evolution saddled you with.

-- 
~ferrix