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I thought it was clear enough that I was making a general point about how tests can be applied, and illustrating it with an extreme example from the South. In
by hyperpape 10y ago
I thought it was clear enough that I was making a general point about how tests can be applied, and illustrating it with an extreme example from the South.
In general, I think asking for clarification is better than being condescending.
- Turing_Machine 10y agoGot it. Of course, your mini-lecture about "not assuming good faith" wasn't condescending at all. I spent a fair amount of time researching this urban legend earlier today. I wasn't "assuming" anything.
- hyperpape 10y agoFair that it was abrupt of me to put it that way. But to make clear what I was saying, I really should have responded to the parent, who says: "It's extremely hard to believe that even a malicious scientist could convince himself that a horse cannot be ridden into town." My point being that a malicious test-giver could certainly deny that as a valid answer. I don't know that I believe that anecdote happened, but it is assuming good faith to think that it couldn't happen because no one would ever reject "horse" as an answer.