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From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
Subject: Re: Is Common Sense Explicit or Implicit?
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In article <Cx5Lxn.H41@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca>,
Andrzej Pindor <pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>Let me say it again - the issue is that in certain situations there
>are ways to predict behavior (in statistically significant manner) using
>our knowledge of aspects of physico-chemical structure of the brain.
>This is all I wanted to say, could we concentrate on this? If you have
>objections to the above, please state them. Trying to show that what I say
>_may_ be interpreted in a way indicating that I am spewing nonsense is
>waste of time and I am really bored with trying to counter it. 

Look, I said in my first post that I agreed with almost all of what you were
saying.  What do you want, fawning and caressing?  

I did object to some misstatements in your post.  You interpret this as
"trying to show... that I am spewing nonsense" and, in another post,
insulting my intelligence and good will.  Frankly, this is childish,
and the waste of time and bandwidth is only due to your defensiveness
and refusal to take the time to state things accurately.

You stated that simple descriptions like "he is a very amorous guy" were
"the only explanation available when there was no notion of body chemistry."
The most charitable interpretation of this is that you were simply not aware
of earlier psychological theories; when I mentioned them your response was:

>Right, I know all this (surprised?), but so what?

So you can make incorrect statements, knowing they are untrue, and yet
you are upset when anyone brings this to your attention.  

I am sorry that you take this attitude, and will certainly read your
posts in a different way in the future.
