Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Why is WikiPedia so slow?

[Rick Buford <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Josh wrote:
> Rick Buford wrote:
>
> > Josh wrote:
> >
> > > Don't try to alter my argument to fit your prejudices, please. I am 
> > > saying that the article shouldn't falsely claim that no other 
> > > theories for the very existence of life exists. I am not necessarily 
> > > saying it should specifically name every theory, but that a mention 
> > > should probably be made for the major competing theories. How about 
> > > we say it should mention theories with more than a few hundred 
> > > million supporters?
> >
> >
> > By this argument, the world would still be flat, though?
>
> How so? I don't follow you here.
>
> > Also using this argument, the Flying Spaghetti Monster gains validity.
> I disagree as the FSM is a parody. I don't know of any individual who 
> sincerely supports it as the origin of life, though millions to 
> reference it in a satirical fashion.

My point is that you appear to be validating your argument using shear 
number of supporters in the "a billion Chinese can't be wrong" 
perspective. At one point in our history, the majority of those living 
in recorded society believed, without doubt, that the world was flat. 
Was this anymore valid because everyone believed it?

And, while the FSM is a parody, how is it any more far reaching than the 
supposition in an omnipotent deity that no one can find physical 
evidence for?

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