Subject:
|
Re: The Scott and Larry show (was: Nothing personal, but...)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:22:46 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
626 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
>
>
> Scott A wrote:
>
> > > He stated an opinion that was based on a lifetime of informal evidence
> > > gathering.
> >
> > Nope. From his message:
> >
> > > When you
> > > challenged me I went off and counted noses at that point in order to see if
> > > my hunch was right.
>
> HUNCH. Do you know what that word means? Obviously not.
>
>
> > > He guessed
> > > right! What's your deal?
> >
> > My deal is that he guessed/fabricated data and is still trying to pass it of
> > as fact. I shall remind you, he has not said it was a guess/fabrication yet
> > - we (you and I) are only guessing that is the case. This is what he is
> > saying he did:
> >
> > =+=
> > When you
> > challenged me I went off and counted noses at that point in order to see if
> > my hunch was right. It was, at least for the 20+ fests, meetings, events,
> > etc., I've attended in 6 countries on 3 continents... (a slightly better
> > sample set than yours) For the subset that I reviewed pictures, each one of
> > them was more male than 49% and more white than the population average for
> > the continent or the country or the state that it was held in. (whichever is
> > a good metric)
> > =+=
> >
> > That does not sound like guesswork - it sounds like a good metric. What do
> > you think?
>
> What about the word HUNCH do you not understand?
Tom,
If it was a HUNCH, Larry needs to make it clear that it was a complete
fabrication - not dress it up as fact. Read the text I quoted again - does
it sound like a hunch. When Larry said he was "unwilling" to tell us all
where he found the data, did that make it sound like a hunch?
>
> Once again, as usual, you've latched onto one word or phrase in a post and pounded
> it into the ground, ignoring the entire post that makes it clear to any critical
> thinker.
Yawn - another insult. Tom, where did you get the idea for all these one-liners?
Scott A
>
> --
> Tom Stangl
> ***http://www.vfaq.com/
> ***DSM Visual FAQ home
> ***http://ba.dsm.org/
> ***SF Bay Area DSMs
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
Message is in Reply To:
67 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
