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> If you do think there is an actual distinction, somehow, even then should you care?

Well yes, because one is trying to get to a positive outcome while the other is trying to confuse and mislead you for ideological reasons.




If they're both saying the same things, then it truly does not matter. The crank might accidentally arrive at the positive outcome, the sincere skeptic might mislead unintentionally.

You responded, you obviously think you're making a point. I hope you're one of the cranks though, because that would explain how poor your argument is.


> You responded, you obviously think you're making a point. I hope you're one of the cranks though, because that would explain how poor your argument is.

Pot, meet kettle.


So you're one of the magical thinkers. That somehow the outcomes change due to internal states that no one can even determine, internal states which do not affect the physical world at all.

That the crank can actually change things just by thinking about it, like some kind of half-assed troll telekinesis. Wow. You've apparently got a few fans for your idiocy, they're downvoting away.




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