Ben Goertzel wrote:
yeah ... that's not a matter of the English language but rather a matter
of the American Way ;-p
Through working with many non-Americans I have noted that what Americans
often intend as a "playful obnoxiousness" is interpreted by
non-Americans more seriously...
Except that, in fact, Mike is not American but British.
As a result of long experience talking to Americans, I have discovered
that what British people intend as routine discussion, Americans
interpret as serious, intentional obnoxiousness. And then, what
Americans (as you say) intend as playful obnoxiousness, non-Americans
interpret more seriously.
Richard Loosemore
I think we had some mutual colleagues in the past who favored such a
style of discourse ;-)
ben
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Pei Wang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> IMHO, Mike Tintner is not often rude, and is not exactly a
"troll" because I
> feel he is genuinely trying to understand the deeper issues
related to AGI,
> rather than mainly trying to stir up trouble or cause irritation
Well, I guess my English is not good enough to tell the subtle
difference in tones, but his comments often sound that "You AGIers are
so obviously wrong that I don't even bother to understand what you are
saying ... Now let me tell you ...".
I don't enjoy this tone.
Pei
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