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posted by c4r0lyn on August 31st, 2011 at 4:06PM

I will if I get there.  

She seems to be stuck on the simplest of things: the definition of rationalism.

It's rather entertaining watching this one go over her head.
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posted by dennisn on August 31st, 2011 at 4:42PM

Don't let it go over her head -- don't give her any opportunity to evade her irrationality. Reason/Rationality is nothing special, it's just logic -- I'm sure she can understand that. Jump into real tangible examples of her absurdity -- remind her of the tree of life -- both the DNA tree, and the fossil tree, etc. With a sprinkling of astro-physics -- real things that fly in the face of her fairy tales.

posted by c4r0lyn on August 31st, 2011 at 5:03PM

Can you help?   Walk her first through the definition of "rationalism" and what I mean when I say it is my response.

posted by c4r0lyn on September 1st, 2011 at 11:37AM

Read on.   It should be finished now.