Gwern Branwen wrote: > ...Academics may have to adopt such an imposture, but I do not. > As long as my 'snark' does not change the results - as it does not - > I do not care.
Bully for you. >> My view is that if such experiments are to be carried >> out, it would be better if they were designed and conducted by those >> able to restrain themselves from such snark. > > Better how? Because, as a wise acquaintance recently told me, very simply: Delivery matters. There is a mainstream out there which, like it or not, adopts and prefers a certain demeanor different from yours. You may pride yourself on not caring, on imagining that only the literal truth of your argument matters, but to that mainstream, other aspects *do* matter. If they dislike your snarky attitude, they reflexively mistrust both you and your argument -- and, to some extent, the community you associate with. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
