We've moved away from harm here, we're talking about the factual support. The question of harm was a secondary one. Even if the beliefs led to wonderful outcomes, if they are not grounded in reality then they should be questioned and discarded. The main question, which also works as a reply to Mike Retriever, is whether or not those beliefs are supported by evidence. They are not and the vast majority of scientists would not agree with the statements they put forward.
The other chapters, for the most part, neither attempt to rebut things nor need to. Most of the other chapters are about the history of the fandom, personal experiences, preferences and that sort of thing. There is nothing to rebut there because that does not make any factual claim about the nature of reality. And, where there are aspects that I think do not accurately reflect reality, I criticised them as well. For example, I criticise how in the chapter he claims Anthrocon had the highest ratio of fursuits because that is just not true.
Whether whatever was said is good or bad is irrelevant to the question of whether it is true and the latter is the far more important question.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
We've moved away from harm here, we're talking about the factual support. The question of harm was a secondary one. Even if the beliefs led to wonderful outcomes, if they are not grounded in reality then they should be questioned and discarded. The main question, which also works as a reply to Mike Retriever, is whether or not those beliefs are supported by evidence. They are not and the vast majority of scientists would not agree with the statements they put forward.
The other chapters, for the most part, neither attempt to rebut things nor need to. Most of the other chapters are about the history of the fandom, personal experiences, preferences and that sort of thing. There is nothing to rebut there because that does not make any factual claim about the nature of reality. And, where there are aspects that I think do not accurately reflect reality, I criticised them as well. For example, I criticise how in the chapter he claims Anthrocon had the highest ratio of fursuits because that is just not true.
Whether whatever was said is good or bad is irrelevant to the question of whether it is true and the latter is the far more important question.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~