RxP4IN wrote...
Seriously, what's up with all the hate towards rigormortis?
I just jumped in this thread to see if there was any productive discussion happening, but as soon as someone (rigormortis) tries to challenge opinions (if not to strengthen IT by questioning it), everyone in here goes berserk!
I hope IT is true, but sometimes those who are utterly convinced tend to gang-up on those who try to reveal the holes in the theory--again, if not only to strengthen it. Makes me kind of wish IT isn't true, so that IT-purists hating on others get crushed.
Even if the counter-arguments have been brought up before, it's unreasonable for everyone to stay up to date with a 1100 page thread.
This^
And I believe the answer to this is because it is written, and therefore liable to misinterpretation. Which happens A LOT in forums, especially this one. I remember a case where a pro IDT was bashed by other pro IDT's because they thought they posted a dumb anti-IDT argument when it wasn't. Even after countless posts that stated otherwise, that user was still argued against for a while. When one response goes awry, they tend to multiply exponentially. That's human psychology for you.
That, and a decent number of people seem to completely ignore other's calls for civility. People have gotten too invested in this, whether they acknowledge it or not. Heat of the moment posting, as it were.
Seriously, calm down people:wizard:
We don't want this to devolve from a scientific approach to a religious one that claims it's scientific.