Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: At least 100 people kept denying the easily verified fact --- last communication with Richard Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 11:18:58 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <8c92495d4433776d8ddc4706fb1de05b245f5829.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:18:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f8e472f6a5ded880f3c8d2cedf42e75a"; logging-data="3792264"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197X/qN0ExDG6SyPlMrn946" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:UFbanfE75zPam1jeibJOr8lW5I8= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3469 On 6/9/2024 10:32 AM, Mikko wrote: > On 2024-06-09 12:51:40 +0000, olcott said: > >> On 6/9/2024 2:34 AM, Mikko wrote: >>> On 2024-06-08 13:07:11 +0000, olcott said: >>> >>>> On 6/8/2024 2:01 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>> On 2024-06-07 22:22:19 +0000, olcott said: >>>>> >>>>>> On 6/7/2024 3:45 PM, joes wrote: >>>>>>> Am Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:22:12 +0200 schrieb immibis: >>>>>>>> He only ignores people now. Except Richard for some reason. >>>>>>> The reason being that Richard responds at the same level >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> You respond with persistent false assumptions that cannot be >>>>>> corrected by feedback. >>>>> >>>>> You cannot correct other people's false assumtion but >>>>> you can always present your own for comparison. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I can correct other people false assumptions iff (if and only if) >>>> they are as interested in an honest dialogue as I am. >>> >>> Not even then. If one does not correct one's assumption oneself they >>> remain uncorrected. >> >> So one majickly cures one's own ignorance? > > Rarely that way. > >> If one assumes 5 > 6 then one is wrong. > > Your disagreement does not prevent one from keeping that assumption. > The verified facts prevent anyone from correctly maintaining false assumptions. -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer