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  Re: An example of confirmation bias?  
From: Darren New
Date: 5 Jul 2009 21:38:48
Message: <4a5155a8$1@news.povray.org>
Patrick Elliott wrote:
> for word identical argument, **and not as a joke, but as a serious 
> statement of belief**.

Actually, there's a web site called bbspot.com that regularly (like, ever
y 
few months) manages to write a satire article that gets picked up and 
distributed by actual qualified news outlets like CNN or NYT. And it's no
t 
even religion.


And Edward Current is great, if you like funny spoofs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkhQLt1vbWU

> Its like living in a world based on the movie Baron Münchhausen. 

You know Baron Münchhausen was a real person? And there's a sickness
 called 
"Baron Münchhausen Syndrome" which involves someone unable to stop m
aking up 
unbelievable stories about his exploits.


-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.


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