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Ivar Giaever's links to Exxon Mobil, Heartland, Cato etc...

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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)9/16/2011 1:12:13 pm PDT
Yes and maybe we are all the dream of the cosmic blue turtle. Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck…

He sold out.

I agree that the “taken” hypothesis is plausible and arguably likely true. It is, however, also not proof in and of itself. Furthermore, there’s lots of other possible explanations one can come up with, including the “enjoys being an ass” or maybe “likes to travel and network with conservatives”, that are not much more unlikely – certainly not as unlikely as your “dream of the cosmic blue turtle” false analogy suggests.

Aside from that, and JFTR, I did not and do not intend to defend these guys (either Giaevers or Heartland or Cato or Exxon or what have you). Don’t feel like they deserve anything like that from me. I seriously was just interested in poking at LVQ’s argument – and as far as I am concerned, poking at flawed arguments is what enabled people to see through the Heartland Institute and associates to begin with. publicityStunted’s #17 goes to the heart of the matter by bringing to light the hypocrisy displayed here in that regard.