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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Warpy

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3. There is only one thing to do with a true believer and it works best

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 05:31 PM

Jul 2015

if there is an audience. Say "You bought that?" and walk away chuckling and twirling your index finger next to your temple.

It won't change the true believer's alleged mind but it will make the other people think about it. In addition, it feels damned good to ridicule a zealot of any type.

The best case is that they continue to read hysterical nonsense on the web but keep their mouths shut about it.

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The self-reaffiriming believer [View all] Orrex Jul 2015 OP

I see this in the anti-GMO threads. Archae Jul 2015 #1

Impervious to facts. trotsky Jul 2015 #2

There is only one thing to do with a true believer and it works best Warpy Jul 2015 #3

How can you argue with such a true believer? AlbertCat Jul 2015 #4

At what point does belief cross over into insanity? DetlefK Jul 2015 #5

Professional lunatic Lee Strobel embraces exactly that mode of thinking Orrex Jul 2015 #6

Yeah, good luck with that. progressoid Jul 2015 #7

It's happening once again in GD right now. Orrex Jul 2015 #8