Re: [californiadisasters] Thank goodness for this group.

The fundamental problem with conspiracy theories is that they're impossible
to prove--and impossible to disprove.

What's a known fact is that many people hold to their beliefs without being
hindered by facts.

A line or two from Sherlock Holmes:

1. "It's dangerous to form an opinion before all the evidence is known,
because your biases then blind you to some of the evidence."

2. Replying to Dr. Watson's comment that the woman seemed quite sincere and
innocent: "Really? I hadn't noticed. My dear Watson, the most charming and
convincing woman I've ever met had just murdered her children."

And from Sgt. Joe Friday: "Just the facts."

Yes, yes, I know that if we all take these ideas to heart the traffic on
this group will slack off. However, the quality will be better.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Thank goodness for this group.

> Jim,
>
> What Newnethboy is trying to say is "THANK YOU" for the kind comments and
he
> not only would like to agree with you but actually does, too. ;-p
>
> In all seriousness though, the it is easy to talk about the government as
> some big evil monolithic structure forgetting that it is populated by many
> of the people on this group as well as many others like them who are not
on
> this list.
>
> Dr. Kate's colleague across the street at the USGS, Dr. Lucy is part of
that
> government entity to which you refer and there are no facts to suggest she
> is hiding or suppressing any vital quake hazard information in order to
> candy-coat the situation.
>
> The fact of the matter is that in the Information Age that also happens to
> coincide with a now-prolonged period of public cynicism and skepticism
about
> the Establishment that there are either hardly any secrets and the few
there
> are generally don't stay secret very long.
>
> Indeed, a skeptic could make just as strong an argument that Cal Tech and
> the USGS overstate the risks in order to afford more job security and drum
> up more grant money.
>
> I don't hold this view but my point is the conspiracy angle usually cuts
> both ways all the while being utterly false both ways.
>
> Kimmer
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:58 AM, newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > As an admin on this group, quite naturally I'd like to agree with you.
> >
> > However, the fact is that members here are human too, and we range from
the
> > top experts in the various fields to real ding-a-lings. This group has
seen
> > some posts that are as inaccurate as some of the government statements
you
> > refer to.
> >
> > Bottom line is that, in some of these things, when something happens,
we'll
> > know what was going to happen.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Rawls" <jazzpiano@ca.rr.com>
> > To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:24 AM
> > Subject: [californiadisasters] Thank goodness for this group.
> >
> > > I'm always suspicious of a governmental agency that says, it is not
> > likely
> > > that an earth quake will occur on this fault or that fault. I think in
> > many
> > > cases, the governmental agencies love to sugar coat things fearing
that
> > > people will panic if they really knew what the situation was. That may
be
> > > true, but the more prepared you are, the better off you'll be and the
> > less
> > > likely you will panic. At least with this group, we will know things
as
> > they
> > > really are.
> > > That's my opinion anyway. Jim,
> >
> >
>

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