Interesting, thanks. Took several tries before the link showed me the right page - Probably fat-fingering it? ... On 2/27/17, RussellMc wrote: > Along with the several offlist witty comments, one thank-you, and those > suggesting political, creationist, unintended consequentialist and ... > underpinnings, I received the following from a friend in Canada. > > _________________ > > ... There is a Canadian philosopher named James Alcock who writes > extensively on a related area of belief. I saw him speak again at the > CSICOP event in Las Vegas last year, on this topic. > > > > Here is a reference: > > > > http://www.csicop.org/si/show/belief_engine > > > > > This sounds like "much the same but different". > If I've missed any esoteric content, hidden agendae, arcane religoious ca= nt > or whatever, please do let me know - preferably offlist :-) > > > > Russell > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .