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Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things?

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On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 10:58:58 PM UTC-7, Richard Hertz wrote:
> On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 12:15:24 AM UTC-3, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote: 
> > By being indoctrinated in an ideology. 
> > 
> > Why can't they defend that with reason? 
> > 
> > Because they weren't persuaded by reason.
> Intelligent people (professionals) live by their reputation among peers. 
> 
> If there is a trend that take years to be developed, they have to adapt and follow the professional herd, or they will be labeled as weird, 
> eccentric, neurotic or similar. 
> 
> If, in 2023, a professional persist in using a 2G phone without any app (SMS is part of 2G), and reject any social media app, will be 
> labeled as told. So, they have to get a smartphone and accept selfies, even when he does not use current apps. They have to survive. 
> 
> If, in 2023, any professional active in the field of physics or astronomy let know that he rejects relativity, is done within peers that have 
> been assimilated by the trend. 
> 
> At any case, such person thinks that he have to survive within peers, even when he's waiting being retired to canalize all his hate on the 
> matter by writing a blog or similar. Now, he's safe as no retaliations will affect him. 
> 
> He was not indoctrinated in any way. He only pretended to, so he protected his sources of incomes and privileges. 
> 
> A similar thing with anyone (Volney) waiting to come out of the closet. Most will do close to retirement. He pretended to be straight: 
> wife, kids, etc. But once he feel safe of repudiation, will come out with dancing colors. 
> 
> Same with FAKE RELATIVISTS (more than 90%). Nothing to lose pretending, but much to gain.
It is often pointed out that key advances are often made either by people who are so successful they can afford risks (e.g. Norman Lockyer solar physicist pioneering archaeoastronomy) or by people lacking accomplishments having little to risk.

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How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-24 20:15 -0700
  Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-24 22:58 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 02:38 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 13:22 -0700
  Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-25 02:09 -0400
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-24 23:14 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-25 14:04 -0400
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 22:28 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 02:41 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 02:52 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-25 14:06 -0400
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 07:00 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 10:38 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-25 16:45 -0400
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 13:28 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish   things? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2023-08-28 08:44 +0200
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 23:59 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2023-08-29 08:44 +0200
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2023-08-31 08:21 +0200
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-30 23:52 -0700
              Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2023-09-03 08:11 +0200
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-09-03 13:01 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2023-09-03 23:10 +0200
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-09-03 21:32 -0700
  Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 02:32 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 13:21 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 15:26 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 15:35 -0700
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 15:40 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 20:29 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-25 20:18 -0700
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 12:36 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 14:46 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 20:31 -0700
              Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 20:47 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 20:58 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 20:42 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-28 12:06 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-28 12:19 -0700
  Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-08-26 17:03 +1000
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 02:14 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 06:59 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-26 08:19 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 08:54 -0700
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-26 11:00 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 12:08 -0700
              Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-26 14:12 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 14:48 -0700
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-26 15:18 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 13:37 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-08-27 22:56 +1000
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish  things? Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-27 13:11 +0000
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish    things? Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 15:19 +0200
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish     things? Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-27 13:21 +0000
              Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish       things? Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 16:21 +0200
                Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish        things? Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-27 14:31 +0000
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-08-28 10:17 +1000
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 21:52 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish  things? Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-08-28 11:08 +0000
              Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-28 04:19 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> - 2023-08-28 10:04 -0400
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-27 08:04 -0700
    Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish  things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-08-26 12:24 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 13:22 -0700
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 17:41 -0500
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 16:30 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 16:37 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 17:03 -0700
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-26 21:03 -0700
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Physfitfreak <Physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 23:20 -0500
      Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-08-27 11:09 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-08-27 12:18 -0700
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-08-27 12:21 -0700
            Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-08-27 12:52 -0700
        Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2023-09-05 08:45 +0200
          Re: How can highly intelligent people wind up believing foolish things? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-09-05 22:00 -0700
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