Comments | gonzo_gibbie: Issuing a challenge to an intellectual debate: Prof. Michael Shermer

gonzo_gibbie

Issuing a challenge to an intellectual debate: Prof. Michael Shermer

Mar 26, 2005 21:26

Hey! I sent an email to the editor and founder-in-chief of "Skeptic" Magazine, inviting him to debate with me. The issue: The existence of the Paranormal! It seems Professor Michael Shermer was my psych professor back in college in the 80's, and I told him then I'd be working to return one day to argue this point with him, as he is WRONG ( Read more... )

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spike1311 March 29 2005, 22:01:12 UTC

Ah, the veil of mystery is finally shattered.

Now you just need to post a picture. And complain more. UJs are all about whining. Its catharitic. If thats a word.

Cathartic gonzo_gibbie April 19 2005, 02:41:03 UTC

I don't whine. Not in real life, not in my journal. I might RANT. Ranting is something I can do...

YES -- Cathartic is a word. It means to work out one's emotional conflicts through one's actions, such as viewing theatre or a movie, or else by performing an emotionally gut-wrenching art piece, such as music or acting or juggling.

HOWEVER -- Whining is NOT cathartic. It's just annoying.

Please make a non-annoying note of it.

P.S. -- You spelled it 'catharitic' -- which sounds like a medical condition involving inflamed joints.