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I was asking a question, not making a claim. Though I obviously made it clear what I think the answer likely is, I'm genuinely interested in the thoughts others
by GavinMcG 10y ago
I was asking a question, not making a claim. Though I obviously made it clear what I think the answer likely is, I'm genuinely interested in the thoughts others can contribute. I'm not sure what the snarky response contributes, though.
- mikeash 10y agoI'm just illustrating that you're doing the same thing you're advocating against, so it's rather self-defeating. If this sort of vague, personal thinking is OK, then your post is pointless. If it's not, then your post is bad. Either way, it doesn't make any sense.
- GavinMcG 10y agoThere's a deep difference between a conversation inviting disagreement and those with solid evidence to step in, and a strident claim that will only be addressed and corrected by people who are willing to be confrontational.
- mikeash 10y agoI agree, but how is that relevant? I only see the first kind here.
- GavinMcG 10y agoGo back and take a gander at the question mark in the comment you're criticizing, and the lack of one in the comment I'm addressing.
- mikeash 10y agoAre you thinking I said your comment is a strident claim that requires confrontation to disagree with? I said the opposite: both your comment and the one you originally replied to are conversational and easily amenable to contrary views.
- GavinMcG 10y agoNo, the other way I could disagree. I thought the first one was the closed-off claim.
- mikeash 10y agoI gathered as much, but I don't see it. With the explicit disclaimer that it's just personal observation, it's about as open as can be to me.
- GavinMcG 10y agoFair enough. We're making different judgments. And it occurs to me that there might be another important distinction there: I was bringing up a question of value judgment, whereas the commenter I was responding to wasaking a claim about the actual frequency of a phenomenon.