Ben Goertzel wrote:
I think Ed's email was a bit harsh, but not as harsh as many of
Richard's (which are frequently full of language like "fools",
"rubbish" and so forth ...).
I am sorry: I am not going to stand by and let you make accusations
without substantiating them.
Find evidence for what you just alleged.
Specifically, find the proportion of language like "fools", "rubbish",
etc.. in my writings and in Ed Porter's.
I used the word "fools" deliberately earlier, to describe a general
category of people who are (a) ignorant of the technical subject but
also (b) abusive and dogmatic and wrong, when mounting attacks against
me. That was one of the rare occasions when I would use such language,
but it was directed against a category, not an individual. It was also
accurate, and I stand by it.
This is yet another example of you making off-the-cuff accusations
against me, which are a gross distortion of the truth, that, I believe,
you cannot substantiate.
If you are not able, or are too busy, to back up the allegation,
withdraw it.
Richard Loosemore
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