Jeannibean, you must also consider that this is the Internet... I can put a picture of Madonna up, and say I am her, or I could say I am a dalai llama, or that I believe in crop circles, and I could also say I have a Ph.D. in physics.

I am none of these above, but I could say I were.

The lesson is to ignore people who wield their education, and if they tell you to go to school, then insult them back, don't become defensive. You have all the right to say that they have. Don't let them intimidate you. If you run out of reasonable arguments to tell them how nonsensical they are, then stop debating. Not worth continuing to debate with an idiot who could potentially be (not not necessarily) lying about his or her qualifications. I mean, a given person would have wanted to become a brilliant physicist, but got a major nervous breakdown at twenty, and despite his previous brilliance, he could not continue his studies. Then it is very conceivable that he fell with the image of his being a scientist so much in love, that he creates a persona for himself, and he touts himself around on the Internet as such a person.

I am still reeling from the incredibly stupid debate I had with people here about the rotary engine that moves no parts yet has an efficiency better than reality.

I had to baby-feed one of my debating opponents even the referencing of the effiency of the engine, because despite his Ph.D. he could not figure out on his own that the source did not define "efficiency" to a working constriciton of operational definition.

So... don't argue with those who you think are haughty, self-important and condescending on your expense. There is no point to that. Give yourself that respect.

Very good advice. Thanks.

Sorry, I have to laugh at this one too. (bolded for her pleasure)

"consensus" is your "authority", is it not? I haven't seen you do any of the hard work. It seems that all you do is appeal to authority under the guise of "consensus"...

It seems as though you would recommend to yourself to withhold your own opinion. (I bet you ignore that advice)

Really? Never? Not in any conversation about ballistics, aeronautics, planetary motion, and the like?

I'm not likely to emphasize it when it happens between metal and another mingle members, as that just invites ego conflict and bad feelings. But sure, if I remember to, I'll point it out next time I notice metal debunking something said by someone not from mingle2.



I can't say I like that either, so I ignore it.



Sometimes he does this very well, sometimes he can't be bothered. We all have our priorities in how we use our time.

Sometimes when he does it well, his audience is too committed to their mis-understandings to really listen.




I see that, and you see that. Can you accept it?

The way you feel about metal may be similar to how I feel about various teachers of movement arts. I just choose not to talk to them or learn from them, and seek teachers that I find compatible.

I have learned a lot on Mingle. In the future, I will just ignore people I "don't understand."

Well said. I admit I don't suffer fools easily. I have taken tons of time to explain lots of topics of which I have personal knowledge and some which I took the time to research, and then had some jerk say I didn't "explain anything" because they were too lazy to look back on the thread or threads, as the case may be. Or in some cases they simply are unable to understand a simple straightforward explanation.

For example, the facts behind why it is impossible for explosives to have been used on the twin towers, have been given over and over. So now, I see no point in explaining the same facts to the same people who do not deal in facts in any case.

I am not the only one who sees internet trolls for what they are ...

Good for you metal.

But you have been, and continue to be, very rude and condescending to me and others.

Do you know what the word "hypocrisy" means?

Well if you can't take what you dish out, then don't dish it out.

Bye now.

Closed.
The usual reason.
Personal attacks.

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