Penn & Teller's Bullshit: the Dalai Lama

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Re: Penn & Teller's Bullshit: the Dalai Lama

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danieLion wrote:I don't believe ad hominem is always inappropriate (just usually), and maybe this is one of those times it makes sense.

I'm neither a P&T fan nor a hater. I'd just never heard those things about the DL and was wondering if the de-bunkers (bozos, jerks, douchebags, etc...) needed debunking.

It's evident to me now they're committed to philosophical materialism, and Randians are, IMO, completely retarded.
And committed to really bad argumentation to make their points. They are jerks.
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Re: Penn & Teller's Bullshit: the Dalai Lama

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Agreed.
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That makes more sense than what you said before. Thanks.
Sometimes it takes me a few tries to make sense. :P
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Re: Penn & Teller's Bullshit: the Dalai Lama

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Yes they seem like douchebags but their flavour of crapola is, in my opinion, homegrown.
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