(OT) lampposts ... for illumination

[Joel S. Berson]

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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