>This situation has to do with persuasion, as well. Neo-Tech persuades
>people to use their paradigm instead of other mystical paradigms. Some of
>their arguments are circular, yet some are reasonable. It's a "trojan
>horse" effect, in which crap gets mixed in with some good information. In
>this case, does Neo-Tech operate fraudulently, even if, overall, their
>products might be a value to people, sort of like the way methodone is a
>value to heroin addicts? And, if the writers at Neo-Tech didn't understand
Yes, it is still fraud. Maybe we just need a better term without the
connotations of illegality. When reason is out of the question I usually
advocate fraud over force. I also think force is sometimes necessary.
>that there's a problem with circular statements, would that change
>anything? (It seems possible to advocate bad information honestly while
>overlooking flaws in it.)
I'll answer with a question: is it still lying if I believe I'm telling
the truth?
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/