First private conversation with Harris that references the survival instinct, it's evident the conversation just started and Marc just got into it: 10 Aug 2011.

Book published March 2011 (and the journal entries on which it's based go back at least 5 years, as do conversations with friends who I don't wanna drag into this).

I can also confirm this via Ioulia, IF you remember that the whole convo started from a post on the CFT website. I have the post. But the CFT page doesn't have it anymore, so I can't date it.

Have we settled this?

Furthermore, I BELIEVE (but can't be sure), that, even though I had added Varnavas before publishing the book, I suspect I wasn't very active. Again, I think Harris was one of my first acquaintances on CFT.

So, until further evidence is presented, I believe I only REALLY joined CFT after publishing the book.

I understand very well there's ways I could've stalked the group before that. But let's try and keep this conversation rational. For example, even if I provide proof that I only joined CFT on x date, or only made my first comment on x date, you could easily just say something paranoid like "but the group existed from x-1 date, and you could've been part of the group under a fake fb account".

At that point I'll just start repeating "you need to see a doctor".

And of course friendships prove quite a lot. You think I was rejecting people's friendships because I didn't want proof that I was getting all my ideas from CFT? I'm not a survival instinct, I can't think that far ahead ;)

My current theory is Mark just told you something wrong and you believed it because you like to believe bad things about people. Your whole idea that I stole things from CFT is based on this: someone bought the book, saw things that reminded them of conversations I started on fb, got the causality backwards because checking dates is difficult for scientists of Marc's caliber, and so your paranoia got its much-needed food.

In general, I suggest we keep personal accusations on the level of "if you ain't got no proof, don't go shit-talking".

That's because I think evidence is the only way you can keep paranoid people at bay. It's not your fault. Your mind just constantly tries to think bad things about people. Unless that tendency is rained in by proof, it will always do its thing, you have no control over it. Proof acts like a fence.

Have we at least settled the above issue? Do you admit you were wrong about that? Come on, gimme those 3 words! :P