Originally Posted by bragi
Now you're playing with semantics. When I mentioned that I was surprised that anyone could take Forester seriously, I obviously meant his ideas, not Forester the man. I don't know the man, and I bear him no ill will; I just think his site, which is the only exposure I've had to him, is simply laughable, that's all.
So you meant, "surprised that anyone could take any of Forester's ideas seriously"? If so, my point stands. I, for one, do take his ideas seriously.
Here's the thing, in order to understand his ideas, you have to take those ideas seriously in the first place. If you don't do that, then you will not understand what the idea is. If you don't understand his ideas, then it's easy to say you can't believe anyone would take them seriously, because you don't know what you're talking about.
Don't agree? It should be easy to prove me wrong, by answering these two questions:
- What is one of Forester's ideas - going by what he actually said, and making a genuine effort to understand what he meant - that you cannot take seriously?
- Why are you unable to take this idea seriously?