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Re: The Scott and Larry show (was: Nothing personal, but...)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:22:46 GMT
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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


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Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: The Scott and Larry show (was: Nothing personal, but...)
 
(...) OK, here's some personal data from my observations. All AFOLs (10) that I have met (granted, a small sampling) in person have been white. Of those, one was a female. According to November 1, 2000 US Government Census estimates: (URL) of the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: The Scott and Larry show (was: Nothing personal, but...)
 
Y'know, the odd thing is I usually find Scott's remarks to be rather arguing the absurd, but I will admit that he's not wrong. Just pointless. (...) You're absoloutely right. Larry should indeed indicate that his statistics for the countries he was (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: The Scott and Larry show (was: Nothing personal, but...)
 
(...) HUNCH. Do you know what that word means? Obviously not. (...) What about the word HUNCH do you not understand? 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 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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