Tue 7 Jul, 2009 05:26 pm - [QUOTE=richrf;75764]I think, maybe inadvertently, you are providing a very good example of what happens when someone wants to be Right - maybe all the time. I would find it exhausting.[/QUOTE]... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 03:15 pm - [QUOTE=Zetetic11235;75719]I'm sorry that you have interpreted it that way, I'm just trying to get you to lighten up. Your reply to rich seemed too stern to be useful.[/QUOTE]
Define... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 03:02 pm - [QUOTE=Zetetic11235;75712]I was really just trying to indirectly say that you were being a bit ridiculous as it seemed to come off more as an attack (or something even more pointless) than... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 02:42 pm - [QUOTE=Zetetic11235;75704]It wasn't a straw man, it was him not reading; as you pointed out. Kind of a silly accusation.[/QUOTE]
"A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 02:27 pm - The laws of nature are [B]descriptions[/B] of what happens. They don't force anything to happen anymore than a picture of you leaving a room forces you to leave the room. You can't... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 02:19 pm - [QUOTE=richrf;75691]Engineers don't disagree .... ???? Hmmm .. are you sure you are right.[/QUOTE]
Work on your reading comprehension. I didn't write that. What I wrote was:... (view)
Tue 7 Jul, 2009 02:02 pm - [QUOTE=richrf;75676]The result is, in my case, much less intense arguing (some call it fighting), and much more listening and discussion.[/QUOTE]
I'm glad when engineers disagree they... (view)
Mon 6 Jul, 2009 12:53 pm - [QUOTE=richrf;75432]My own philosophy is that the only way to learn is by making mistakes.[/QUOTE]
The idea is to make [I]different[/I] mistakes not the same mistakes over and over again. ;)... (view)
Mon 6 Jul, 2009 12:46 pm - [QUOTE=richrf;75427]Mostly, it seems, you would like to attribute some personality characteristics to me.[/QUOTE]
You are no stranger to speculating on the motivations and dispositions of others... (view)
