Re: NO EVIDENCE

On May 4, 10:43=A0am, Antares 531 <gordonlrDEL...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 2008 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), modematic
>
> <modema...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >On May 3, 10:38=A0pm, Bill Bowden <wrongaddr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> (snip)
>
> >> Why silly? How did Prager get to where he is? Was he dishonest? Did
he
> >> cheat? Was he lucky? Did he have connections to help him rise to
fame?
> >> How do you describe his sucess?
>
> >> -Bill
>
> >Silly because fame, popularity, or power
> >do not in any way guarantee
> >that what one says is useful or factual.
>
> If what one says is useful or factual, over a considerable span of
> time and cir***stances, could this explain his/her position of fame?

Or it could be that it bolsters the prejudices of the
target audience.

>
> >Surely you yourself can supply
> >examples of 'great' orators in history
> >who were evil or stupid. =A0Am I
> >going to have to do it for you?
> >Are you paying any attention at all
> >to what you are writing?
>
> Can these persons' elevation to "fame" have had its roots in their
> political position rather than their intelligence?

Yes.

> A =A0position they
> inherited with no special intellectual attributes on their part?

Yes.