[MD] cloud of probability

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:29 AM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Dan Glover <daneglover at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wake up, Mark! Grow up! If you really spent all
>> those years earning a PhD as you claim, then put some of that
>> knowledge to use instead of acting like a child.
>>
>> Dan
>
> [Mark]
> I looks like we are each trying to get the other to wake up.  When I
> post something, I truly think it is worthwhile, and much thought goes
> into it.  There is no need to respond to my posts unless there is
> something useful to say.  I do value yours as a foil for which I can
> present an alternative, perhaps clearer view.  I have no intention of
> insulting you, although I do get frustrated sometimes when you do not
> understand what I am saying.  What I present is knowledge.

Dan:
>From my point of view, you have a tendency to talk down to me, which I
find very irritating. You seem to fancy yourself as some kind of
savant bestowing knowledge on poor misguided uninformed people like
me.

You are not.

Your writing betrays you.

Your thinking betrays you.

It is obvious you haven't read any of Robert Pirsig's work or if you
have, you have misunderstood large portions of it or misconstrued it
to mean something it doesn't. And when someone tries to inform you of
this, you get mean, like a child.

I realize I being a bit brutal here but that's the way I see it. When
I read your posts (and don't get me wrong, I know how much work it is
to post here... I've been doing it for quite a number of years now) I
wonder how on earth a person who claims to be educated can write such
crap. Most of the time I just ignore it. Sometimes, though, I don't.

For the record, Mark, you just bought my book (or so you said). So who
is offering knowledge?

Dan