Bill D, was that the sigh of a martyr? ; )

I guess I have no real argument with you because I will never claim to use logic, either correctly or incorrectly. (However, when you say the rules of logic "just are", how is that different from someone saying non-terrestrial intelligences "just are"?)

Naemanson,

My only quibble with you is that what you call "pseudoscientists", I would call "charlatans". I am uncomfortable with the word pseudoscience because I think some people use it a little too liberally. I think that there are people who are doing legitimate research that is labeled pseudoscience by people who are unwilling or unable to accept it as a possibility within their accepted paradigm.

I think the difference is in the profit motive.

Carol