Did Douglas Axe Disprove Evolution? Spoiler: No

[lee_merrill]

@RonSewell

And what prevents me from dismissing your claims as motivated by unreasoning desperation to buttress a belief system against cognitive dissonance?

I’m tempted to ascribe this to you all, actually. It seems to fit pretty well.

@RonSewell

Throughout this entire discussion, you have attempted to ascribe confidence in rationality by merely ascribing a label to a person, mad or sane, even though it has been repeatedly pointed out that such evaluation runs in the opposite direction - we judge a person’s mental status based on how they align with reality.

Again, I’m not labeling people, or basing anything on labels, I’m pointing to causes. Nobody continues to look for snakes, when a delirious person keeps claiming they are there. Psychiatrists can look for evidence of claims, initially, but with the idea in mind that the claims may stem from an irrational cause. Once they see an irrational cause, such as a phobia, they stop looking for evidence. Really. They do.

@RonSewell

You are wrong and by this point tedious by repetition, but continue to object simply because it is convenient to your argument.

You are the one dismissing my claims, though, can you point me to one psychiatrist who does not look for irrational causes for claims? Who solely and only looks for evidence that the claims are true? And never stops doing that?