On 2 February 2014 03:52, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
It's because you don't listen, and then project that quality onto me. It's > very common I've found. Not everyone is that way though. I have many > productive conversations with people also. That would be hard to explain if > it was my fault. It's easy for the pot to call the kettle black. But why talk of fault? I know it's nice when we can find agreement and it's understandable to think of such conversations as productive. But I've found some of my most productive conversations have been with people that I disagreed with at the outset, but who were able to help me see where I was in error by a clear and reasoned step-wise argument. This has happened more than once on this list. Trouble is, in your case I rarely find that your responses bear any direct relation to my point, no matter how painstakingly I try to phrase it; rather you go off on some tangent of your own. This is what I mean by your tendency to change the subject rather than respond directly, which strikes me as more like a politician or a lawyer trying to distract attention from a flaw in his position. Things would go better if you could start from the point made and try to proceed step-by-step to your conclusion rather than just telling people that they don't understand some hidden sophistication of your theory or that it trumps reason in some unspecified way. You must have noted how Bruno regularly asks you to clarify your assumptions and principles of derivation because that's the only way that a theory can be impartially assessed according to common rules of engagement that everyone can follow. Else all we have is interminable wrangling and talking past each other that usually ends merely in irritation, as it has unfortunately done in this case. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
