Well, that's what impartiallity is, isn't it? One has to aknowledge popular but stupid points of view. To some people, many of my beliefs are stupid, but it makes life easier for everyone if they acnoweldge what they are.
So, hopefully, we compromise: people don't say "vegetarianism is stupid" but "most people think vegetarianism is stupid" and I don't say "the earth is 1x1010 years old" (except in company where it's understood) but "we've found trees older than 6000 years, and as for mountains..."
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Date: 2005-01-10 11:50 am (UTC)So, hopefully, we compromise: people don't say "vegetarianism is stupid" but "most people think vegetarianism is stupid" and I don't say "the earth is 1x1010 years old" (except in company where it's understood) but "we've found trees older than 6000 years, and as for mountains..."
Or something.