Variables
Rocco Moretti
roccomoretti at hotpop.com
Sun Apr 24 17:16:29 EDT 2005
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.)
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