"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2 May 2002, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > I think the reason for this is that I did influence the thinking of the
> > people, not that I had no influence. My guess is that I have demonstrated
> > enough understanding of physics so that, when I post on physics, it carries
> > a good deal of weight. Thus, I would guess that such a post actually
> > changes peoples minds more than a post where I get 10 people arguing against
> > what I write.
>
> Well, it's either that or your readers decide, "Oh God, I can't deal with
> that much detail; I don't have the time!" :-)))))
Either way, the thread-ending post has a lot of influence, which I think
was the point. :)
Julia
