--On Sunday, May 19, 2002 10:19 PM -0400 John R Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
wrote:
> Call me crotchety, but I'm getting kind of tired of people positing vast
> technical edifices and then waving away the reality that they're
> unbuildable, and even if built would be uninhabitable...
In this case I will call John crotchety, because he is being uncollegial
and unconstructive. There is, or ought to be, a difference between healthy
skepticism and a closed mind; or between good-humored, informed rebuttal
and snide, reflexive swatting away. A forum like this one brings together
some of the better minds on the Net, and it actually is possible that
useful ideas could be germinated here. I wish that John would encourage
such a possibility instead of trying to shout it down.
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