From: somewhere@around.com   
      
   "Joel"  wrote in message   
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   > "That Guy" <7@f.com> wrote:   
   >   
   >>Before you posted in this thread, one poster referred to another's beliefs   
   >>as "schizophrenia" [...]   
   >   
   >   
   > I meant that literally.  Schizophrenia (literally "split mind") is the   
   > state of either being unaware of psychic phenomena, or having a   
   > chemical imbalance preventing the use of it (i.e. "paranoid"   
   > schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder).   
   >   
      
   Wow. That's interesting, thanks.   
      
   Here on Earth, however, schizophrenia is defined as:   
      
   "a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of   
   the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration,   
   social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and   
   hallucinations."   
      
   > An atheist, who truly believes what he/she says, is the unaware type.   
      
   Your posts come across as very arrogant. Were you aware of that?   
      
   I'm happy for people to have their own beliefs. Believe in rocks if you   
   want, as long as you don't throw them at me. But if you want to engage in a   
   serious logical discussion on Usenet then maybe you had better make sure it   
   doesn't have anything to do with the origin of species or the nature of the   
   universe. Logic has no respect for your cute imaginary friend, and science   
   doesn't really care about being PC.   
      
   I have a few mainly subconscious benchmarks for people's intelligence. I   
   listen for the following quotes, or variants:   
      
   1) "The theory of evolution is false. God created the original humans and we   
   are all descended from them."   
      
   2) "There is some real truth in astrological predictions. I sincerely   
   believe that the path of the planets influences a person's behaviour based   
   on what time of the year they were born."   
      
   3) "The Earth is flat. Look... you can see the edge from here..."   
      
   4) "I love how feng-shui focuses the inner lines of psychic energy and   
   channels them to increase the well-being of the soul and drain negative   
   emotions."   
      
   5) "Schizophrenia (literally "split mind") is the state of either being   
   unaware of psychic phenomena, or having a chemical imbalance preventing the   
   use of it (i.e. "paranoid" schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder)."   
      
   Basically, if you hear a person say any of these things, they've got serious   
   logic problems. Do you score more than two, out of interest?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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