(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

[David Stockhoff]

Brunie, Jeff is capable of letting me know if I understood him correctly.



brunians at brunians.org wrote:
> To ask the answer to questions that have already been answered is a
> rhetorical tactic typically used with hostile opponents.
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> It is typically used by lawyers examining witnesses with an audience
> consisting of the jury.
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> Juries, as is notorious, are selected for stupidity.
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> You trick your opponent into saying something false.
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> You get him to confirm that he believes what he said.
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> You then proceed to falsify the false belief to which he has committed
> himself.
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> This impresses idiotes etc.
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> By using this tactic you are telling your interlocutor(s) that you believe
> (that) t(he)y is/are stupid.
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> Do you in fact believe that the people you are talking to are stupid?
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> Do you, as I suspect, believe that you are much more intelligent than the
> general run of people on this mailing list?
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> Or is it just me and a few others that you feel superior to?
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> .
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>> Meaning, returning from the past. Right?
>>
>> Jeff Wilson wrote:
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>>>> Because Wolfe told us how people become curators. Because that system
>>>> did not exist in the early 20th century.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Well, he related how they become librarians. IIRC, curators also oversee
>>> the Botanical Gardens. I don't see that the Book of Gold would
>>> particularly attract kids suitable to gardening.
>>>
>>> It's not hard to imagine the Vizier and Master Hangsemstrait returning
>>> from some obscure province with a flierload of "newly rediscovered"
>>> paintings and a surplus apprentice.
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