Open Thread March 21 - March 27, 2016

Gunnar_Zarncke

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in which case their ravings give pretty much exactly zero evidence

Au contraire, they do give evidence.

To quote Maggie, "it's like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't." And if you have to hire people to shout at street corners that you're a lady... X-)

Hmmm.... Only the true messiah denies his divinity?

I've got a visceral contempt for advertising, but I also think that's me being irrational. Plenty of good stuff needs paid promotion to get noticed. There are good ideas that spread on their own, but I don't think that spreadiness <=> good.