<<yes, it IS empirically true that if a majority of
Virions identify themselves as empiricist, that a majority are,
unless they are lying).>>
Can anyone think of five other explanations for why the result of such a poll would not reveal the "truth"?
I remember a spoof of "USA Today" that the Harvard Lampoon put out shortly after the paper's debut. On the front page, in a characteristic cartoony inset box, was a bar chart with the headline: "Lead heaviest element, poll shows!"
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme"
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