[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)
Jeme A Brelin
jeme at brelin.net
Wed Jun 19 00:55:54 UTC 2002
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, J Henshaw wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, J Henshaw wrote:
> > > Quesitions like can a person delegate more authority than he has, and
> > > can his delegate have more authority than the person he serves?
> >
> > I didn't see this question before, but I believe the answer is that a
> > delegate can have more authority than a single person he serves becuase
> > the delegate can be vested with the power of multiple persons.
>
> The answer is no, actually.
> These are yes or no questions.
That doesn't mean the "answers" require no justification.
I'd like you to both justify your "no" answer and respond to my
"yes" assertion and reasoning.
> > > Questions like, can a country attack itself?
> >
> > A country can attack its people. There are numerous examples.
>
> Irrelevant, and you redirect again.
What's irrelevant about answering the question?
Jeff: Can a country attack itself.
Jeme: A country can attack its people.
Jeff: Irrelevant.
Huh?
How about we pull out one of your favorite tropes and void the question
for vagueness?
> Slow down on the hemp. It's affecting your short-term memory.
Never touched the stuff. Nor alcohol. And I resent the implication.
> Irrelevant
> Irrelevant
These are really getting tedious, sir. How about showing WHY you perceive
a response to be irrelevant or explaining what you believe to be relevant
instead of just throwing out meaningless contradictions and dismissals?
> So you have been having trouble seeing since at least age 11.
So you think that any two people, given the same dots on a card, would
draw the same picture connecting them?
> > Moral: There are lots of different ways of connecting the same dots that
> > are equally valid drawings.
>
> But she was looking for constellations, not scribble
No, it was not about whether or not we knew what the constellations were,
but whether or not we understood how myths were invented.
> Moral: In the new math, every answer is correct.
I don't think you know what New Math is.
Come by my place, 2188 NE 7th, and I'll give you a book on the subject.
Not every answer is correct.
For example:
21 + 14 = ??
Correct answers would include 35, 40, and 66. This is not a comprehensive
list. The reason there is not one answer is that the question does not
contain enough information: namely, the base of the number system
describing the meaning of the digits.
This is similar to some of the topics in this discussion where you pose a
question that is loaded with assumption and presumption and then claim
others are fools for not assuming things you failed to include in the
question.
J.
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