To others, there is a general argument to be made for closing less discussions and deleting more or finding other ways to deal with them. That's something we'll take on board. — Baden
I think one thing that makes closures more attractive here is that it leaves a trace, and the moderation is otherwise almost totally invisible. If only we had proper Pauline software. — unenlightened
I’ll go for one of the four. — Michael
...according to the rules (conventional syntactical practices)
— Janus
So you use "rule" to just refer to a conventional practice?
You could have simply said that if so, no?
— Terrapin Station
:grimace:
— Janus
No idea what that would indicate.
— Terrapin Station
Asperger's then?
— Janus
It indicates that you have Asperger's? Why would you be telling me that all of a sudden instead of just answering the simple question I asked?
— Terrapin Station
You're the one with no idea what an emoticon indicates; but by all means project away, and I'll leave you to it. :yawn:
— Janus
Right, especially when it was in lieu of answering a simple question. I was looking for an answer, not a deflection.
— Terrapin Station
Sorry to be harsh, Terrapin, but it wasn't a deflection it was a rejection. I don't have the patience for persistently intellectually dishonest interlocutors.
— Janus
It was a rejection of a question?
— Terrapin Station
No, of your whole sophistry.
— Janus
That's a lot to read into two simple questions.
— Terrapin Station
If you lend me £50,000, I promise you I'll buy back the old forum. — S
Fair to prevent further nonsense. — Baden
Fun while it lasted. — Mww
From a philosophy perspective, wouldn't it be better for the staff to add a post that says, "we (the site administrators) think the position of S is nonsense. — ZhouBoTong
I would also note that the thread was SO active there was likely to be a bit of banter mixed in. It had over 600 posts in just a couple weeks (when closed I had four responses waiting for me). — ZhouBoTong
Oh god, no. There'd be one of those in every discussion I involved myself in. That's already an invisible signpost which follows me around. They wouldn't recognise my good sense if it ran up to them and slapped them round the face! To them, everything I say is utter nonsense. — S
Gives me a chance to show off. — Mww
Tell you what. Apply those principles of tolerance and less judgementalness to your interlocutors in future and karma may take a liking to you.
— Baden
Not going to happen. :rofl: — Sir2u
I am just a humble thinker with opinions based on what I see and what I know. [ :rofl: ] It would seem to be that you are the one covering up your inabilities with pompousness.
— Sir2u
You are pretty far from being humble. You should really calm down and take a look at your own writing before judging others. The critique against you does not being until you behave in a certain way, the causality of this is pretty straight forward. You judge others all the time and you mock the knowledge they provide with inadequate reasoning and pure speculative opinions. The response you get probably reflects the writing you do more than all the other people and their knowledge. — Christoffer
I would also note that the thread was SO active there was likely to be a bit of banter mixed in. It had over 600 posts in just a couple weeks (when closed I had four responses waiting for me). — ZhouBoTong
I don't know why that discussion was closed but I am a Mentor over on Physics Forums and can assure anyone deciding such things is both consensus based and exceedingly difficult. Much discussion with other mentors goes into it first. I do not agree with all closures, nor do I agree with some left open. Despite being a Mentor I have had discussions started by me shut down and at first its not nice. But after a while you realize - really is it the end of the world? Nowadays I personally just shrug my shoulders and say that's just the way it is. There is always plenty of other things to discuss.
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Diogenes and Socrates now? I thought you were Winston from 1984? Who next? Wonderwoman? — Baden
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