[extropy-chat] Reading what you've written (Was Re: Nuke the Great Satan)

[David Lubkin]

Kevin wrote:

>I've been trying to let this go, but obviously people are STILL 
>failing to READ what I have actually WRITTEN rather than READ INTO 
>it what they WANT to.

Sad to say, this is not unusual, even among extropians. I choose to 
believe, though, that we are more resistant to being "knee jerks" 
than those without a professed reliance on evidence and reason.

Here's a thought. Perhaps we could have a list project with the dual 
goals of improving the quality of list discussion and of improving 
ourselves individually, in our abilities to reason, communicate, and 
persuade. I'm not sure what it would consist of. I suppose we could 
start with something simple, like adopt a practice that every posting 
on Fridays be in E-Prime.


-- David Lubkin.