# Hey Der Trihs, over here

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 15, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926 "2008-11-15T23:48:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/181 "2008-11-16T20:40:13Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> On matters of veracity and refutation, faith must remain silent.

And if people of faith did then I would have no problem.

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> Foaming at the mouth because someone holds a religious view, especially if that religious view helps make them a better person,

Rarely do religious people come around spouting non judgmental love and things that make them a better person. Usually it is along the lines of FriarTed wishing to see sinners piss themselves at the pearly gates or Poly talking about the heir to the wallmart fortune as the second coming.

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> is the mark of an immature asshole.

No the mark of an immature asshole is one who will not tolerate opposing views or calls people immature assholes for having a different view. Shouting down religionists is not intolerance of different views. As you said faith is not subject to proof their is nothing to debate you want to believe in magic flying faeries or not it doesn’t matter to me. It is when people start spouting matters of faith like who will burn in hell or that souls exist or whatever that I have a problem. Somebody wants to say souls exist that’s fine by me it is when they say souls exist and here is why you are stupid for not agreeing with me that I think they should be taken to task. Their stupid arguments are fair game, the fact that they choose to believe in souls is not really my concern. Just like I do not care if someone espouses belief in god. It is only when they start saying that others should that I have a problem.

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> If someone feels that Jesus or Ganesh or Cargo Cult dummies want them to treat their fellow man with dignity and respect, then you (plural) are an infected anus if you not only want to take that away from them, but also personally attack them for it. [

If it ever once led them to treat anyone with dignity or respect I would have no problem and in fact would encourage such beliefs. Usually religionists do nothing of the kind, they berate pontificate and use their faith to reinforce feelings of smug self satisfaction.

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> , but still think that Der is a raving asshole who makes atheists look like motherfuckers.

I disagree.

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/182 "2008-11-16T20:42:14Z")

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To answer post 180.

Yes I am greedy but hey I did offer to share

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/183 "2008-11-16T20:45:04Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> [Science has been wrong before.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric)

Geocentricism wasn’t science. More like natural philosophy, the less methodical forerunner of science.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/184 "2008-11-16T20:52:58Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> How does one become a fundamentalist atheist, given that there are no texts of atheism so fundamental to the cause that they are judged inerrant?
> 
> Perhaps you mean fundie **zealot**.
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> Skald \<---- usage asshole

Well, if you are manic on usage, you should note that the phrase used the word “fundie” rather than “fundamentalist.” Fundie, (or Fundy away from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), indicates a zealot who, beyond firmly believing in one’s cause, appears to be incapable of considering any possible reality than one’s own and is certainly as correctly applied to evangelical atheists, (a rare species, but well represented on this board), as to other forms of believers.  
I would agree that “fundamentalist atheist” would be inappropriate and inaccurate, but “fundy” is a newer word with a somewhat different meaning.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/185 "2008-11-16T20:56:12Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> It’s funny that you and dibble have to twist a fact based claim (like, for instance, Der habitually flames conservatives in GD and gets away with it)

I don’t think you know the difference between “fact” and “opinion” anymore than you seem to be able to tell your mouth and asshole apart.

> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> into something non-fact based and unreasonable. Dibble has to lie and claim that I’ve posited some sort of conspiracy, rather than the fact that he’s simply not been banned for numerous ban worthy flames in GD.

Oh, fuck off - anyone can read your stupid post and see the dribbling idiocy there. The only way DT would not have been banned for flaming were if there was some mod conspiracy - how else could he be, and I quote, “allowed to stick around”? So yeah, that’s exactly what you posited -stick up for your nutjobbery, man, don’t disown it.

DT hasn’t been banned because he hasn’t done anything that merits banning, plain and simple.

> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> But what does reveal a lot about a person is that some of you are actually willing to defend Der _as a poster_. What the fuck is wrong with you?

Must be my raging antisemitism and hatred for America, freedom and apple pie, I guess.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/186 "2008-11-16T21:01:40Z")

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Oh **Guynbluejeans** , how I long for your sober and common sense world view.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/187 "2008-11-16T21:03:53Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> For most people, this is true. However, I have the advantage of NOT being influenced or distracted by emotions – as a borderline Aspie, that’s actually a strong advantage.

As one who lives with a bordeline Asperger’s Syndrome person, I will note that this is poppycock. The inability to empathize with other humans hardly makes one a disinterested observer of life. In fact, I will assert the opposite: having an inability to empathize with others while falling prey to exactly the same emotions, means one simply is incapable of judging when one might have been swayed by emotion because all one’s emotions are “reality” with no capacity to evaluate them against the clear presence of similar emotions in others. There is no emotion that I have not witnessed in Asperger’s sufferers. (I have even seen limited compassion–although always filtered through the self-absorbed eyes of a solipsistic world view.)

I make no claim to know your condition; I simply point out that the only thing Asperger’s types lack is a perception that others share emotions–they certainly are every bit as emotional even if they do not control it well.

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/188 "2008-11-16T21:08:13Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> I don’t think you know the difference between “fact” and “opinion”

Which of course addresses, let alone rebuts all the factual claims I’ve put forward. But surely, rote denial is much more convincing than Der’s actual posting history which you’re lying about, toad.  
Look how stupid you are.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/189 "2008-11-16T21:13:46Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> The mere fact this vision had such an impact on you is all the evidence you need to know that, at the very least, this was a _significant_ experience. Now, this does NOT mean who you saw was Jesus, or even prove it was an actual spirit – I’m willing to concede that your experience was probably just imagination. However, the interpretation doesn’t matter – it’s the experience that matters. That’s the bottom line: Experience.

My experiences have no bearing on objective reality. That said, I do embrace my experiences, in so far as they help me to learn what it is to be a human. Here’s what I’ve learned so far through my own subjective experience:

• Human perception is _grossly_ fallible.  
•The human brain is prone to hallucinations and other deceiving perseptions depending on the state of mind… even when we think we’re fully aware and lucid.  
• Humans want to believe in something _bigger._  
• Humans can be gullible.  
• Humans can be stupid.  
• Humans can be egotistical.  
•Humans can be delusional.  
•Humans can be selfish.  
• Humans can be disingenuous.  
• Humans can be deceitful.  
• When in discomfort, humans have the ability to deceive themselves to make them feel better.  
• But, best of all, Humans can overcome the above by humbly accepting all the above to be true.

The last point especially. Without this realization, you will be vulnerable to all the other points to an obscene degree, eclipsing all the positive, progressive things humans are capable of.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/190 "2008-11-16T21:15:28Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> Which of course addresses, let alone rebuts all the factual claims I’ve put forward.

Name one factual claim.

> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> But surely, rote denial is much more convincing than Der’s actual posting history which you’re lying about, toad.

Anyone’s welcome to go over his history for themselves. I haven’t said anything in this thread to actually defend it (not that it needs defending), so I don’t know what you think I’m lying about, exactly.

What I have been trying to get through to you is that whether something is a “ban worthy flame” is not a fact, but an opinion. One the mods clearly don’t agree with you on. And their opinion is the one that counts. You poor simp.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/191 "2008-11-16T21:18:40Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> The mere fact this vision had such an impact on you is all the evidence you need to know that, at the very least, this was a _significant_ experience. Now, this does NOT mean who you saw was Jesus, or even prove it was an actual spirit – I’m willing to concede that your experience was probably just imagination. However, the interpretation doesn’t matter – it’s the experience that matters. That’s the bottom line: Experience.
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> First, I’m sure she’s busy elsewhere. Second, you’re assuming that spirits are omniscient. They are NOT. (What’s up with the “lottery number” argument, anyways? Are people really that fucking greedy?) I could try and divine said numbers using magick and my own pet theory on synchronicity & chaos theory (which is fully separate from the spiritual world – it’s more like the foundation on which both worlds rest) but even that’s a tall order.
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> Besides, things are already starting to come my way. In a symbolic way, I’m feeling like I’ve already won some cosmic “lottery” – hard to explain, since the exact details I don’t feel comfortable divulging here.

Hitler made arguements like this.

I win.

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**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/192 "2008-11-16T21:22:10Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Hitler made arguements like this.
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> I win.

Actually, I think it means he wins. (but not really) (and yes I know that Godwin doesn’t say anything about who wins)

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/193 "2008-11-16T21:41:42Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Name one factual claim.

Holy shit… I used the ‘look how stupid’ meme because I found it amusing, but dayum, you really are very fucking stupid, aintcha? It’s funny that you babble about not knowing the difference between fact and opinion, and then can’t find out what facts I posted because you believe they’re all opinions.

I will note, however, that you’re quite stupid for a liar. A good liar at least has to have a good memory. Here, you can’t even remember what you posted just a few hours ago. I mean, honestly, how fucking stupid are you? You claim that you haven’t said anything to defend his posting history… right after you claim that his habit of continual flaming either doesn’t exist (because it would take a conspiracy to ignore it, natch) or isn’t worthy of mod attention because the mods have to violate their own posted rules in order to ignore his behavior.

And yes, his flames are quite clearly ban-worthy and would be if the words “conservative” were replaced with one of the Dope’s protected groups. I mean, all of your stupidity aside, how long do you think a poster would last in GD if instead of “conservatives are evil” they continually posted things like “gays are evil”. See, that’s called ‘intellectual honesty’. I know, integrity is a strange concept for you. Go slow, you’ll get it eventually.

Of course, if Der singled out individual conservative Dopers instead of simply flaming each and every single one, freely, while mods compliment him on his ability to admit that it’s only his hate filled opinions that drive him to flame so freely in GD of all places? Then he’d force their hand. But as it stands, they deliberately ignore his continual violations of the rule against directly insulting other posters because he’s so full of rage and hate that he doesn’t just insult one or two Dopers at a time, he directly casts personal insults at each and every single Dopers whose politics disagree with his.

Funny, of course, that you mouthbreathers in this thread have been gnawing on my ankles for taking exception to someone ‘just because they disagree with me’, when the guy you’re defending habitually flames people, _in GD_, for disagreeing with him.  
Irony is sometimes lost on morons, evidently.

Even a silly little liar like you should be able to recognize that saying “conservatives are evil” is a flame, and it explicitly includes conservative Dopers, and thus is a flame of Dopers. And again, even a mouthbreathing liar such as yourself should be able to recognize that if Der slightly changed his flames from “conservatives are evil” to “you, **poster X** are a conservative and, thus, evil” that even his status as the board’s pet lunatic fringer wouldn’t keep him around for long. At that point, it’d be blatant enough that even the weaksauce rule that you’re allowed to flame all you want in GD as long as you flame _enough people_ of a _non-protected class_, would collapse. If smoke is shooting out of your ears as you attempt to use logic rather than invective, try to figure out who’d draw moderator attention if, in response to one of Der’s flames against conservatives, someone responded “People who say that about conservatives are assholes” let alone “I’m a conservative ,and you’re an asshole for flaming me.”  
Then, if you’re feeling like having some integrity, wonder why it is that someone could claim that anyone who holds conservative values is an asshole, but someone who responded directly to that person would be in line for a Warning.

This isn’t exactly rocket science.  
But then again, you’re not exactly a rocket scientist, are ya?

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/194 "2008-11-16T21:50:07Z")

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> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#):
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> Apologies for not being clear enough. I’m not asking what the evidence is that you are cured, but the tool by which you are examining the evidence.

Evidence? It’s very simple.

Under normal circumstances, it takes me several hours to summon up the gumption to go outside and check the mailbox, or visit Jack-in-the-Box, etc. At the current moment, it’s trivial. There’s no resistance at all. And that only one “issue” that’s seemingly resolved – there are a dozen others that I haven’t mentioned.

As for the “tool” I use to examine the evidence…umm, my brain? I’m not lying, and I don’t think I’m just _pretending_ to be non-agoraphobic right now.

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/195 "2008-11-16T22:05:06Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> My experiences have no bearing on objective reality.

I would define it differently – your experiences have a _dramatic_ effect on how you perceive & interpret objective reality. Especially early childhood experiences – that’s basic psychology, and part of the whole “Nature vs. Nurture” debate. Additionally, we all perceive different parts of reality (the parts most important to our desires and goals) and we all place different emotional weight on commonly shared experiences – for example, thanks to the loss I described earlier today, the parody song “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” just doesn’t seem so funny anymore. :rolleyes:

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> • When in discomfort, humans have the ability to deceive themselves to make them feel better.

Is that for real?? I keep sensing that in people – ALL people, it seems – but I wasn’t sure if I was projecting or not. That said, I wish I’d learned that skill…I simply don’t know how to do that. ☹

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> • But, best of all, Humans can overcome the above by humbly accepting all the above to be true.
> 
> The last point especially.

Hmm…not sure I’d put so much importance on that line, because it seems to be patently self-evident, and discounts the action of _external_ forces keeping you imprisoned – if you grew up in a concentration camp, your options are quite limited, ya know? Thanks for the response, though…it was an interesting read.

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/196 "2008-11-16T22:26:00Z")

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> [@KGS](#):
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> Evidence? It’s very simple.
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> Under normal circumstances, it takes me several hours to summon up the gumption to go outside and check the mailbox, or visit Jack-in-the-Box, etc. At the current moment, it’s trivial. There’s no resistance at all. And that only one “issue” that’s seemingly resolved – there are a dozen others that I haven’t mentioned.
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> As for the “tool” I use to examine the evidence…umm, my brain? I’m not lying, and I don’t think I’m just _pretending_ to be non-agoraphobic right now.

Again, I wasn’t actually asking for the evidence, just the means of evaluating it, but you also answered that, so thanks.

I think a problem you may have inadvertently overlooked is in that the problems that have existed for you, whatever form they may take, are the result of your brain. It has, in the past, been for whatever reason, somewhat faulty (and I mean no offense by this; I too have a mental issue of my own, though I am thankful it isn’t anywhere near severe). In the past, some part of the workings of you brain haven’t done you particularly well. And now, in order to evaluate whether your brain is working ok, you’re using your brain itself to evaluate that. You can’t use a tool to know whether the tool itself isn’t faulty. To go back to my ruler example, if I wanted to know whether or not it correctly measures centimetres/inches, I can’t test that by comparing it against itself. If it’s correct, it will appear to be correct. If it’s _in_correct, it may well still appear to be correct. Now imagine in the past that the ruler has been shown to be wrong. It becomes still yet unreasonable to use it to measure it’s own correctness.

This doesn’t of course mean that you’re wrong. It just means that, at least in my opinion, had I a history of particular problems with my mind (as indeed I do), I would not consider my mind to be a reasonable judge as to whether I no longer have those problems. It’s saying, “Yes, I had a lot of problems in the past; but the source of those problems tells me it’s fine now!”. It just doesn’t seem a reasonable method of judging that.

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**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/197 "2008-11-16T22:32:53Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> On the edit: yes yes lobohan, I’m sorry you’re using “SAT words” which you don’t understand. Here, [a dictionary](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cogent). Consider it my gift to you.

> [@teh\_dictonary](#):
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> Main Entry:  
> Pronunciation: \ˈkō-jənt\   
> Function: adjective
> 
> 1: having power to compel or constrain \<cogent forces\>2 a: appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing \<cogent evidence\> b: pertinent , relevant \<a cogent analysis\>

Lol, you didn’t even read it.

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> Then again, since you’ve neither claimed any fact I related is false (nor disproven a single fact), nor shown how my logic is wrong…

You haven’t posted any facts. You post your opinions. And you seem to not be very bright.

> [@](#):
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> and are instead just providing content-free sniping, you’re really just here to poke me with a stick, eh?

No, I’m here to comment on what a weak attempt at arguing your case you’re making.

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> That’s so \*cuuuuuuuuuute. \*

One might note that Der Trihs dosen’t descend into moronic sound effects to make a point. You’re much his inferior.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/198 "2008-11-16T22:34:43Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Geocentricism wasn’t science. More like natural philosophy, the less methodical forerunner of science.

That was more a change of terminology than philosophy.

Of course science has been wrong. What’s wrong with admitting that? Being wrong is part of the scientific method; you test a hypothesis assuming it might be wrong. Science isn’t about what you know, it’s centrally about what you DON’T know, and how you approach gaining that knowledge.

KGS is just babbling; there’s nothing scientific being discussed here. He’s got problems.

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/199 "2008-11-16T22:38:06Z")

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> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#):
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> In the past, some part of the workings of you brain haven’t done you particularly well. And now, in order to evaluate whether your brain is working ok, you’re using your brain itself to evaluate that. You can’t use a tool to know whether the tool itself isn’t faulty.

This, dear sir, is blatant psychiatric bullshit. I know my brain like no one else in the world – I am the ONLY person who has had to live with myself 24/7, and nobody… NOBODY… has any authority AT ALL when they claim to know how my brain works better than I do. The subject is not even up for debate; and frankly, it sickens me to watch psychiatrists & other authority figures make such sweeping judgments on _anyone._

It does sound to me like you’re just parroting what your own psychiatrists have probably told you, so I’ll forgive the remark.

> [@](#):
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> This doesn’t of course mean that you’re wrong. It just means that, at least in my opinion, had I a history of particular problems with my mind (as indeed I do), I would not consider my mind to be a reasonable judge as to whether I no longer have those problems.

I understand what you’re getting at, and yes, communication is very important. That said, my family does NOT communicate. Especially the fundamentalist Christian side of my family – they make up shit out of whole cloth, they insist you accept their made-up shit _without complaint or debate_, and they punish you severely for failing to accept their made-up shit. Not only that, I believe they have intentionally sought out doctors & therapists (and this has been going on since I was six years old) who agree with _their_ concept of fake reality; it wasn’t until late in life when I started choosing my OWN personal therapist(s) – at great financial cost, I might add – before I started making any headway at all on my “condition”, whatever label you want to give it.

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-der-trihs-over-here/472926/200 "2008-11-16T22:40:35Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> KGS is just babbling; there’s nothing scientific being discussed here. He’s got problems.

And yet here you are, babbling too. What compelled you to point that out? Is there something in my world that disturbs you? What are you frightened of?

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