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Maybe she's not 100% sure she correctly interpreted his actions. And there's a difference between turning down investment, and actually making an enemy out of h

• cperciva 12y ago
  Maybe she's not 100% sure she correctly interpreted his actions. That is possible. It doesn't sound like it from the way the article was written, though.
  • tptacek 12y ago
    See, here it is: the point in the conversation where we nerds manage to discredit an account through our perverse attempts at first-principles interrogation. "She didn't even try to correct the guy? Maybe it didn't really happen like that, because I don't have a state machine transition that represents the alternative". This is toxic nerd logic. Fight that urge.
    • cperciva 12y ago
      I agree. Perhaps my skepticism didn't quite come through in the words "that is possible".