X-Message-Number: 19304 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 05:32:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: gotta love George! "I thank both scientists who privately emailed me on this issue of the example of the moon. ... You are REAL scientists. "For those of you who still don't understand what I have been saying, well that's completely understandable to me. I did state I didn't think you would. ... I was right." Is there a term for this degree of lunatic hubris and smug denigration of those who are so short-sighted, they disagree with you? Indeed, I believe it is a case of narcissistic personality disorder (look it up, George). Basically you're saying that everyone's an idiot, except the people who reinforce your own dogma. A bunch of smart people scurry around digging up perfectly rational refutations of your deluded notion that you know more and see farther than 99.9 of all astronomers--and you sneer at us, rather than address the issues, because you are of course so intellectually superior. Commonsense would tell me that this is not a rational view of the world. Just my opinion, of course, George. --CP PS. Most authorities I have seen quoted on narcissistic personality disorder suggest that arguing with the person who suffers from this condition is futile. There are only two options: 1) Agree with everything he says and do everything he wants, or 2) Leave. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19304