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Originally Posted by stonetools
Faced with that evidence, my approach is to keep on open mind, but to accept the scholarly consensus going forward. ( That's my approach to all kinds of disputed factual issues , from evolution to climate change). if the scholarly consensus changes, then I'll happily go over to the pro piracy side. Hey , its the most convenient side-download stuff for
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Accept, in the case of piracy, you assumed a consensus where one didn't exist, an assumption that had more to do with your own personal beliefs than any intellectual honesty. You then rejected evidence that the consensus you assumed to exist didn't, just so your pro-enforcement meme could remain un-threatened. You might be right, but to suggest that you are unbiased and have greater academic leanings is patronizing and insulting.
And, unrelated, there is no factual dispute with respect to evolution; it is the most thoroughly tested theory in science and has proven its predictive power over and over again for more than a century.