tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post4257282383486518407..comments2023-10-08T15:51:17.426+00:00Comments on Beyond Necessity: Phantom Time continuedEdward Ockhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-83295079638036823102011-06-15T20:25:51.529+00:002011-06-15T20:25:51.529+00:00I've a soft spot for cranks and contrarians, b...I've a soft spot for cranks and contrarians, but I am open to the suggestion that if everyone was as 'open-minded' about revisionism as I am, we might make considerably less progress. I guess what I wonder is, what would change, practically speaking, in our day-to-day lives if we admitted these chrono-theories of Fomenko or Velikovsky or Niemitz? Is it just that, mis-remembering the past, we might be condemned to repeat it? I'm not sure we aren't heading towards that farce anyway.<br /><br />In any case, I agree with you about 'skeptical' debunking for its own sake. It's a case of surrounding the odd-looking kid on the playground and pointing fingers.skholiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410057905377189336noreply@blogger.com