On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 3:31:12 PM UTC-7, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

What defines empirical theorists is not a right/wrong issue but how they
can simply manufacture history to promote an agenda

Well, being a Whiggish lot, we think people like Cleanthes and Torquemada
were wicked. If only because they have a tendency to get in our way, if the
impact of their actions on the brave and honest does not move you.

John Savard