http://podblack.com/2008/10/little-kitten-jesus-the-magician/ Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://podblack.com/2008/10/little-kitten-jesus-the-magician/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Paul Mohr Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:43:12 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=963#comment-1803 I read a book about 40 years ago called "Christ the Con Man", which was interesting. The ability to influence people to believe in what you want to do is a powerful tool in culture. The lack of skepticism in a general population allows a greater result by influencing minds than actually doing something like work. BTW the scaling of the title picture on your site seems changed by some default width?(CSS)? I could be wrong, it could be my video configuration. It is dangerous to make fun of an icon that people have accepted for psychological reasons. Perhaps it might be a test of the validity of something if it is subject to ridicule and invokes no visceral negative response. All your logic is illogical. I read a book about 40 years ago called “Christ the Con Man”, which was interesting. The ability to influence people to believe in what you want to do is a powerful tool in culture. The lack of skepticism in a general population allows a greater result by influencing minds than actually doing something like work. BTW the scaling of the title picture on your site seems changed by some default width?(CSS)? I could be wrong, it could be my video configuration. It is dangerous to make fun of an icon that people have accepted for psychological reasons. Perhaps it might be a test of the validity of something if it is subject to ridicule and invokes no visceral negative response. All your logic is illogical.

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