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   Ted Nolan    
   Re: (Reactor) Immunize Yourself Against    
   18 Feb 26 19:19:00   
   
   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Robert Woodward   wrote:   
   >In article <10n4kuj$mc3$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
   > jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:   
   >   
   >> One Way to Immunize Yourself Against Pseudoscience and Other Nonsense   
   >>   
   >> Classic SF was chock-full of dubious ideas; Martin Gardner supplied   
   >> the antidote.   
   >>   
   >> https://reactormag.com/one-way-to-immunize-yourself-against-p   
   eudoscience-and-   
   >> other-nonsense/   
   >   
   >We speak of "willing suspension of disbelief" when reading science   
   >fiction and fantasy. Unfortunately, IMHO, too many people don't have any   
   >disbelief to engage, let alone suspend, in the first place.   
   >   
      
   Well, I am certainly not going to let belief get in the way of enjoying   
   a story.   
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