Comments on: My Thanks to "Tom Johnson" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Kel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30363 Kel Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:01:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30363 <blockquote>Clearly, Johnson really touched a nerve.</blockquote>No Chris, <b>you</b> touched a nerve. The way you are going after the "new atheists" is ideological, and incidents like this show your bias. If your methodology truly worked, then I'd be all for it. But without showing that it's working, all you are doing is projecting a "holier-than-thou" attitude over all the people who share those same goals as you. We're all meant to be on the same side! Not because we share the same philosophical position on religion, but because we all want the promotion and public understanding of science.

Clearly, Johnson really touched a nerve.

No Chris, you touched a nerve. The way you are going after the “new atheists” is ideological, and incidents like this show your bias.

If your methodology truly worked, then I’d be all for it. But without showing that it’s working, all you are doing is projecting a “holier-than-thou” attitude over all the people who share those same goals as you. We’re all meant to be on the same side! Not because we share the same philosophical position on religion, but because we all want the promotion and public understanding of science.

]]> By: Kagehi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30362 Kagehi Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:21:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30362 Sigh. That wasn't fully coherent, but I am getting ready for work. I left off the ends of several thoughts in there. Hmm.. taking the words of those who try to “work with”... -and using them to make it seem they support there side- ... and hope the person falls for it -, isn't at all a surprise.- Posting when annoyed, and short on time isn't good for careful prose. lol Sigh. That wasn’t fully coherent, but I am getting ready for work. I left off the ends of several thoughts in there. Hmm..

taking the words of those who try to “work with”… -and using them to make it seem they support there side-

… and hope the person falls for it -, isn’t at all a surprise.-

Posting when annoyed, and short on time isn’t good for careful prose. lol

]]> By: spurge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30361 spurge Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:53:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30361 My reply was moded out of existence. Typical. My reply was moded out of existence. Typical.

]]> By: Appalling Revelations about “Tom Johnson” | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30360 Appalling Revelations about “Tom Johnson” | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:52:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30360 [...] whose story I elevated from the comments of this blog into a distinct post, and who I praised for coming forward, deceived me. “Tom Johnson,” we now learn, was also [...] [...] whose story I elevated from the comments of this blog into a distinct post, and who I praised for coming forward, deceived me. “Tom Johnson,” we now learn, was also [...]

]]> By: truthspeaker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30359 truthspeaker Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:28:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30359 <blockquote>You’re not a liar or incompetent for having good faith that a person isn’t lying to you when they tell you who they are.</blockquote> If you're a journalist, or even just a blogger, then yes, that would be incompetent. This may have been an honest mistake, but it was a very, very stupid one.

You’re not a liar or incompetent for having good faith that a person isn’t lying to you when they tell you who they are.

If you’re a journalist, or even just a blogger, then yes, that would be incompetent. This may have been an honest mistake, but it was a very, very stupid one.

]]> By: hyperdeath http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30358 hyperdeath Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:16:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30358 <blockquote>You’re not a liar or incompetent for having good faith that a person isn’t lying to you when they tell you who they are.</blockquote> ...unless you happen to be a professional journalist.

You’re not a liar or incompetent for having good faith that a person isn’t lying to you when they tell you who they are.

…unless you happen to be a professional journalist.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30357 Chris Mooney Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:06:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30357 This post will be updated, and much else will be done, once I get to the bottom of things here. This post will be updated, and much else will be done, once I get to the bottom of things here.

]]> By: Alex http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30356 Alex Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:39:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30356 @spurge, "So Mooney, are you a liar or just incompetent?" Or maybe you're just an ass. You're not a liar or incompetent for having good faith that a person isn't lying to you when they tell you who they are. It was obviously an honest mistake. So shut up and get a life you jerk. @spurge, “So Mooney, are you a liar or just incompetent?”

Or maybe you’re just an ass. You’re not a liar or incompetent for having good faith that a person isn’t lying to you when they tell you who they are. It was obviously an honest mistake. So shut up and get a life you jerk.

]]> By: James Sweet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30355 James Sweet Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:33:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30355 Isn't it blogging best practice to put an "Update" on an old post that has been found to be based on false premises? Isn’t it blogging best practice to put an “Update” on an old post that has been found to be based on false premises?

]]> By: spurge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/26/my-thanks-to-tom-johnson/#comment-30354 spurge Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:15:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=3656#comment-30354 So Mooney, are you a liar or just incompetent? So Mooney, are you a liar or just incompetent?

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