Richard, I will not take time to statistically analyze your history of email posts. My prior message, to which you take exception, represents my subjective impression based on years of reading your posts. As a human being, I frequently find reading your posts an unpleasant experience, not because of the contents (even though I often disagree with them) but because of the emotional tone. I know that many others ... but certainly not all others ... feel the time way. But I just don't have time available to extensively discuss or analyze these matters.
ben On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
