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[theweaselking]

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[bluetara2020.livejournal.com]

huh, I would have figured the difference to be much higher than that...

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The Crazification Factor is 29%.

Since that 29% are idiots who believe in ghosts and Creationism and Bush and will never be swayed from those beliefs by something so trifling as "facts", it only takes about 8% of the rest of your inbred miseducated country to say "yes" to bring the numbers up to where the poll shows.

The good news is, you can tell which 31% you'd have to remove to nearly completely eliminate irrationality.

[bluetara2020.livejournal.com]

well, I think that the idea of ghosts (or memories of energy or whatever) isn't that far-fetched. even though I think that when your body stops that's it. all that's left is the memories of you in other people and whatever else you've left behind.

Creationism is a joke that got out of hand. Bush is...worse than that.

[fearmeforiampink]

But I'd argue that there's a difference between saying 'the idea isn't that far fetched' and saying "I beleive in ghosts".

[jagash.livejournal.com]

There is more anecdotal evidence supporting ghosts. At least Ghosts are non-falsifiable while Bush's Iraq Leadership can be clearly demonstrated is incorrect.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

> There is more anecdotal evidence supporting ghosts.

While I recognize that the term anecdotal evidence actually exists and has a particular meaning, that meaning absolutely does not cover how typical something is, how verifiable something is, or how confidently the anecdotal evidence should be regarded.

As a result--while I understand where you're coming frmo at this point!--seeing the phrase "anecdotal evidence" used next to a justification relating to the amount extant makes me want to drop the entire sentance into a bag with "Though she seemed selfish, she seemed to be driven by sincere concern for her husband" from Asylum, beat the bag soundly with a stick for a few minutes, and then drop the whole shattered mess into the canal.

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Understandable and my sympathies for the pain that sentence must have caused you. Please tell me Reliquary and Asylum are good despite the editing and odd glitches?

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Asylum is not good enough to be worth what I paid for it, precisely because of the editing (there are no unusual glitches, and an average of two to three problems a page goes well beyond "odd" in the sense of "rare or dismissable"). Reliquary is White Wolf's last shot at being worth my money.

I realize there is a common misapprehension to the contrary, but being a horror lover does not mean I need to pay those prices for badly edited and produced books. If I'm going to shell out, the production value (seriously, those books are absolutely *lovely*) and editing work from Subterranean Press[1] is better value for my money.
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[1] Oh, *glee*. They have a new PZB anthology. And a Lords of the Razor anthology. And there are still copies of Cherie Priest's Dreadful Skin available.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Addendums:

(1) Not saying it's *your* common misapprehension. :)
(2) Must suggest to WW that they look at using Windhaven Press, who hires people that look at Scribendi.com and say "Good god, this is a very basic test and you want to pay me what for my professional services?"

[larpguide.livejournal.com]

Well technically, the question does say "What do you believe in MORE?" So, to me, it says that our of that 65% of people shown, 3% are more likely to believe ghosts exist than in Bush's leadership. It doesn't mean they DO believe in them, just that if given a choice, they'd pick ghosts over Bush.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

So 35% hung up the phone without answering, as it were?

(I had the same thought, but don't think that's what they meant.)