Re: creedal minimalism vs Skeptic magazine

Max More (maxmore@primenet.com)
Fri, 27 Dec 1996 18:52:30 -0700 (MST)


At 04:54 PM 12/27/96 -0500, Lyle wrote:
>
>The question that needs to be addressed is: What is the relevance of
>Skeptic magazine to Extropianism? Max, are you willing to defend
>Michael Shermer's epistemology? Or not?

Lyle, I'm not following this thread closely. I can't comment on Shermer's
epistemology in detail since I am not familiar with it. I did read the post
of yours that this is a response to. You make a good case--given what little
I've read here--against Shermer's methodology.

The fact that I think Skeptic magazine is pretty good to have around has
little to do with what I think of Michael Shermer's personal epistemology.
As skeptic magazines go, Skeptic is the best I have seen, certainly
preferable to Skeptical Inquirer. Skepticism is clearly relevant to
Extropianism. But Michael Shermer's epistemology is not.

I will not comment on the holocaust debate, since I know close to nothing
about it.

Max More, Ph.D.
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