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Entry: Attack of the Reasonoids Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/attack_of_the_reasonoids#25161 Post contents: Bret, I see your point of view, but I still don't agree. It comes back to basic supply and demand for me. Will there always be a market for mindless drivel on the internet? Sure. There is nothing you can do about that (and nothing that should be done about that anyway). People will believe what they want to believe. But I think your mistake is assuming that the market will always be significant. When we "strike when the iron is hot" to defend ourselves, we increase the demand (both now, and in the future) for more such drivel. It's self-defeating. How many people went to Reason after reading about this on LRC or here? And how many will go back, just to check the comments, or to continue an argument? And then how many will go back next week, to see what absurd things they're writing then? All that is ad revenue for Reason, and justification for their donors to keep mailing those checks. Ignore their nonsense (and them), and their "commentary" will still get out, sure. And many will believe that it's fact. But in an ever-expanding internet, their market share will grow smaller and smaller, and eventually they won't matter in the slightest... Sent at: 2008 05 16