Robert Wrubel wrote:
>
> Carrol: I hate arguments for argument's sake, but I have to point out that most Americans, young and old, believe that America generally acts for noble motives in the world, and the one "fact" they (the older generation, at least) have to support that is the Marshall plan. This is not a case of a "theory creating a fact", but a "theory" (or superficial, second-hand opinion) that needs to be debunked by more facts.
>
O.K. Your vulgar empiricism is so strong a theory that no amount of facts or arguments will dent it.
Carrol