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1) The Medium author fucked up and should of credited you. Even if not legally required, its the decent thing to do. 2) Complaining about your analysis being '

1) The Medium author fucked up and should of credited you. Even if not legally required, its the decent thing to do. 2) Complaining about your analysis being 'insulted' comes off as petty. Ideas/analysis aren't sacred and they should be insulted if someone disagrees with them.

ViViDboarder 11y ago
I didn't get the feeling he was insulted that the author disagreed with him, but because the author dismissed his analysis as "useless" while then using all his work as a base. Clearly it was not useless and saying so was an unnecessary insult.
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minimaxir 11y ago
> 2) Complaining about your analysis being 'insulted' comes off as petty. Ideas/analysis aren't sacred and they should be insulted if someone disagrees with them. I have zero problem with criticizing my analysis with contradicting information, but the manner it comes across is relevant. You can say something is wrong without calling it "a key mistake."
- onli 11y ago
  It is pretty strange to me you see that as an insult. Maybe this is a language thing? Claiming someone make a key mistake is nowhere near an insult in my understanding of english. I was also put off by that part of your article, even though I agree that he should've credited you. But I could not discover any insult in any of your citations.
- scott_s 11y ago
  I said this upthread, but I honestly don't read "a key mistake" as insulting. It just means a mistake that materially changed the conclusion. I can easily imagine reading that in an academic paper about prior work. (I'm not claiming wether or not there was a key mistake, just whether or not it is insulting.)
- aakilfernandes 11y ago
  An analysis isn't a human being. It doesn't have emotions or feelings or any expectation or respect. By definition, it can't be "insulted". It can only be criticized (even if the criticism is over the top or flat out wrong).
- apologizer 11y ago
  Hi Max, I can definitely now see why you would interpret what I wrote as being malicious or mocking. I'd just like to let you know that it definitely wasn't meant to be, and that I'm incredibly sorry that it came off that way. I did not intend to offend you; I was just trying to explain why I made the choices I made.
s73v3r 11y ago
They absolutely should not be insulted if someone disagrees with them. Presumably the people involved are adults, and should be able to disagree in a civil manner.

ViViDboarder 11y ago

I didn't get the feeling he was insulted that the author disagreed with him, but because the author dismissed his analysis as "useless" while then using all his work as a base. Clearly it was not useless and saying so was an unnecessary insult.

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minimaxir 11y ago

> 2) Complaining about your analysis being 'insulted' comes off as petty. Ideas/analysis aren't sacred and they should be insulted if someone disagrees with them. I have zero problem with criticizing my analysis with contradicting information, but the manner it comes across is relevant. You can say something is wrong without calling it "a key mistake."

onli 11y ago
It is pretty strange to me you see that as an insult. Maybe this is a language thing? Claiming someone make a key mistake is nowhere near an insult in my understanding of english. I was also put off by that part of your article, even though I agree that he should've credited you. But I could not discover any insult in any of your citations.
scott_s 11y ago
I said this upthread, but I honestly don't read "a key mistake" as insulting. It just means a mistake that materially changed the conclusion. I can easily imagine reading that in an academic paper about prior work. (I'm not claiming wether or not there was a key mistake, just whether or not it is insulting.)
aakilfernandes 11y ago
An analysis isn't a human being. It doesn't have emotions or feelings or any expectation or respect. By definition, it can't be "insulted". It can only be criticized (even if the criticism is over the top or flat out wrong).
apologizer 11y ago
Hi Max, I can definitely now see why you would interpret what I wrote as being malicious or mocking. I'd just like to let you know that it definitely wasn't meant to be, and that I'm incredibly sorry that it came off that way. I did not intend to offend you; I was just trying to explain why I made the choices I made.

s73v3r 11y ago

They absolutely should not be insulted if someone disagrees with them. Presumably the people involved are adults, and should be able to disagree in a civil manner.