Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!gcsherwood From: gcsherwood@watcgl.UUCP (Geoffrey C. Sherwood) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.music Subject: Re: Rock Music Considered Harmful to Unborn Children Message-ID: <485@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 08:31:11 EDT Article-I.D.: watcgl.485 Posted: Wed Jun 15 08:31:11 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 07:06:31 EDT References: sdchema.591, <3235@brunix.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24 a recent submission: { From: gh@brunix.UUCP (Graeme Hirst) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.music Subject: Re: Rock Music Considered Harmful to Unborn Children Message-ID: <3235@brunix.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jun-83 12:49:33 EDT Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 00:54:16 EDT References: sdchema.591 Lines: 7 This is just the basic idea of Dianetics, with a little musical criticism added. Hubbard, the founder of Dianetics, had a thing about all the nasty stuff mothers do and say to their poor fetus. For details, see Martin Gardner's book "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science" (Dover Books). Graeme Hirst, Brown University Computer Science {allegra, decvax, ihnp4}!brunix!gh gh.brown@udel-relay } This is a wonderful example of the logical fallacy "guilt by association." If you want to criticize an idea, do so on its own merits, NOT by who subscribes to it.