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This is not a science journal, it's a blog post. Nobody is obligated to do anything, but if they want their argument to be widely understood, which it's obviou
by gopher1 13y ago
This is not a science journal, it's a blog post.
Nobody is obligated to do anything, but if they want their argument to be widely understood, which it's obvious (at least from these comments) that it's not, it's helpful to at least explain your premise.
- wpietri 13y agoAre you seriously making the argument that all blog posts should start with basic definitions of terms for people who are too lazy to use Google? And on this particular topic, it's reasonable to suspect that the people who have the "please spoon-feed me the basics" objection would just have a different objection. For example, despite being provided a good starting point, you didn't say something like, "Thanks, now I'll go do my homework." Or, "Ah, now I understand." You just continued grumbling. And from an account fresh-created to comment on this topic. This is a common enough problem that it's listed in a catalog of anti-patterns: http://www.derailingfordummies.com/derail-using-education/ http://www.derailingfordummies.com/derail-using-education/