XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.alien.visitors, alt.alien.research   
   XPost: alt.support.depression   
   From: bruces42@hotmail.com   
      
   On 08/09/2013 07:46 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:   
   > On 10/08/2013 8:07 AM, BruceS wrote:   
   >   
   >> Just note something that I've found over the years.  No matter how   
   >> ludicrous the position you take, or how obvious you think you're being   
   >> that you aren't serious, there's someone out there who seriously   
   >> believes something more ludicrous.  I've posted things that I fully   
   >> intended to be taken as tongue-in-cheek, only to have some people argue   
   >> furiously against me and others completely back me up.   
   >   
   > By the same token, no matter how absurd something might seem, there's   
   > always someone who believes it, so there's no way to be sure that the   
   > poster isn't sincere. Quite often I respond to posts knowing full well   
   > that the poster might be a troll, but also knowing that I cannot form a   
   > concluded view on that.   
   >   
   > However, the tenor of my replies probably reflect my level of certainty.   
   > If I'm sure it's a troll, I'll usually give a considered non-judgemental   
   > reply, on the grounds that that's likely to be exactly what the troll   
   > didn't want.   
      
   I really thought this one was a loon, but it looks like he was just   
   trolling.  My loondar (or is it trolldar?) is sub-optimal.   
      
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