You have brought up some points I will ponder. Thank you. That said, your approach to discourse seems to be: argue everything, concede nothing. Scientists of th

You have brought up some points I will ponder. Thank you. That said, your approach to discourse seems to be: argue everything, concede nothing. Scientists of this sort (and spouses for that matter) are the most frustrating people to deal with. It would have been helpful to the discourse, for example, if you could have conceded the obvious fact that some hypotheses should be tested at the level where the effect of interest lay; that levels matter not just quantitatively, but qualitatively. By conceding something as minor as this you could go a long way to becoming a better communicator of your ideas.