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[Rocco Moretti]

Richard Blackwood wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>> His problem is that he doesn't respect that technical terms can have 
>> different meanings in different fields and contexts. No authoritative 
>> reference can solve his problem for him. He's being overly pedantic 
>> about a field in which *he* is clearly not an authority. You can't 
>> convince such people, only ignore them.
>>
> Unfortunately that's not much of an option for me. We are working on a 
> project together so I am forced to either prove his notion incorrect or 
> I give in to his conception. *throws hands in air*

Why are *you* the one that his notion is incorrect? Why isn't he the one 
that has to prove *you* incorrect? Put forth the Wikipedia article, and 
then the ball is in his court to disprove the arguments therein with a 
more authoritative source. (At least this is my understanding of the 
common rules of debate.)