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At 12:02 AM 11/17/2004, j. Anderw Rogers wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Nov 16, 2004, at 9:23 PM, Al
Brooks wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">As I wrote in the last message:
if you & others want<br>
me to go, please say so and I'll tally up the number<br>
who want me to leave; again, I remain here primarily<br>
because Giulio asked me to stay on this list.</blockquote><br><br>
While this list may not have much in the way of official rules, it did at
one time have community standards. All that is being asked is that
everyone who posts make some attempt to abide by those
standards.</blockquote><br>
A very nice post J. Anderw Rogers. Thank you.<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Let me sum them up for
you:<br><br>
1.) Make your posts substantive. If you can make your point in one
line, it probably didn't need to be made. Captains of the obvious
are not really necessary either. Be prepared to explain your
reasoning in depth, preferably putting your in-depth reasoning in the
post even.<br><br>
2.) Make your posts rational. Writing posts that assume the
supernatural, inconsistent mathematics, violations of thermodynamics, or
any other axioms that have obvious conflicts with reality better be
prefaced by some astoundingly good justification for those
assumptions. Know all the basic Fallacies of Reasoning, and learn
to instinctively identify them in your thinking. Discussing
"what ifs" is fun, but it is not terribly constructive if the
"what ifs" are outside the scope of plausible reality. We
have a signal-to-noise ratio to maintain here.<br><br>
3.) Do not become emotionally attached to your argument; there is no
insult in being wrong. If you have to use your personal feelings to
make a point, you've pretty much lost the argument. Enough
said.<br><br>
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The negative reaction you may be seeing results from the perception that
you are making no attempt to abide by the standards of the
community. This community is tolerant and forgiving, but it may
require some genuine effort on your part to be a functional part of the
community.<br><br>
<br>
j. andrew rogers<br><br>
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