Friday, March 13, 2009
[1733 - Joseph Priestley, minister, chemist, born in Yorkshire, England]
[1813 - Lorenzo Delmonico, restaurateur, born in Marengo, Switzerland]
[1855 - Percival Lowell, astronomer, born in Boston]
[1930 - Discovery of planet Pluto is announced]
[1938 - Clarence S. Darrow, attorney, dies in Chicago at age 80]
[1947 - "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, for 581 performances]
[1970 - Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) introduces PDP-11 minicomputer series]
Fanatics
I would sooner try to reason about revealed truth with a homicidal maniac than I would with a True Believer.
True Believers have no bases on which one can negotiate with them on the subject of their beliefs, and this is true no matter what they claim to believe in.
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