(OT) lampposts ... for illumination
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Thu Jan 16 15:06:28 UTC 2014
At 1/16/2014 05:00 AM, Stephen Goranson wrote:
>"And critics who treat MS evidence as rational men treat all
>evidence, and test it by reason and by the knowledge which they have
>acquired, these are blamed for rashness and capriciousness by
>gentlemen who use MSS as drunkards use lamp-posts,--not to light
>them on their way but to dissimulate their instability."
Perhaps their uncertainty -- there''s enough light to see they're at
the corner of Walk and Don't Walk.
Joel
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