(urth) Pike's ghost

[David Stockhoff]

On 11/29/2011 12:57 PM, James Wynn wrote:
> If I am going to discuss a theory, I approach it from the position, 
> "What if it were true? What would I expect?". I have never said to 
> anyone, for an example, "This is /your/ theory. YOU come up with 
> something that I will accept." I've been told that here in various 
> ways by some people. I've seen people say it to others. That's 
> expecting other people to prove you wrong. That's smug. That's a jerk. 

Exactly.

On the other hand, I do expect commenters who *assert* that I'm wrong to 
*prove* me wrong. Sometimes they do in short order.

Sometimes they don't and won't, and it takes forever to find that out.