re: #194 Blind Frog Belly White

For me, it’s the denial of evidence - indeed the denial of the importance of evidence to knowing what is and isn’t true.

Well, not knowing a piece of evidence is one thing. (For example, Carbon 12 v Carbon 14 in the atmosphere - fossil fuels have no Carbon 14 because it all decayed by the time we discovered how to extract those fuels. Thus, the measurements of carbon in the atmosphere show a decreasing amount of Carbon 14 as the years of measurements roll on.)

After being presented with irrefutable evidence (such as Carbon 14 v Carbon 12, or the overwhelming evidence for evolution by natural selection, or tax cuts on the wealthy do not spur growth - see Kansas), a person is only left with:
a) Acceptance. Great! Learn something new every day.
b) Denial: Too bad the person doesn’t wish to learn
c) Lying: Knowing what is true about those things and misrepresenting or denying them.