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Hi. I meant my example of DDT and egg shells to address the issue of whether it was necessarily "irrational" to reject the result of a scientific experiment. It might have been better to frame the question as, When should an experiment be considered "scientific"? For example, if you measured one...

People often object to the results of scientific studies on the grounds that they were improperly conducted, and such critics are not necessarily being “irrational.” Einstein once responded to an experimental result that contradicted his theory by saying, “Too bad for the experiment.” It turned...

When you stated “About certain, fundamental beliefs, conscious, rational people do not disagree” you were in fact claiming that there are moral values about which every rational person agrees—“rational” as defined by you as being a person who cannot deny what you believe to be morally true...

Your argument about “greed” illustrates a significant part of the problem about finding something about which “everyone” agrees. You characterize it as “excessive consumption, to the unnecessary detriment of others.” Thus, for everyone to agree that “greed,” as here defined, is wrong, everyone...

Thanks for quoting my review. You state that you don’t find it convincing, but you only cite an objection to point 3, an objection that is remarkably circular and thoroughly begs the issue: “About certain, fundamental beliefs, conscious, rational people do not disagree.” How do you determine who...