On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Dr. Matthias Heger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Any argument of the kind "you should better first read xxx + yyy +… " is > very weak. It is a pseudo killer argument against everything with no content > at all. > > If xxx , yyy … contains really relevant information for the discussion > then it should be possible to quote the essential part with few lines of > text. > > If someone is not able to do this he should himself better read xxx, yyy, … > once again. > > I disagree. Books and papers are places to make complex multi-part arguments. Dragging out those arguments through a series of email-based soundbites in many cases will not help someone to grok the higher levels of those arguments, and will constantly miss out on smaller points that fuel countless unecessary misunderstandings. We witness these problems and others (practically daily) on the AGI list. -dave ------------------------------------------- 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=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
