DaveDodo007... I mean... Rationalskepticism,lol.

[pErvinalia]

Him and I are technically enemies.

Normally I ignore rank illiteracy such as this, but the technical problem here is too juicy to pass up. One thing we can say about Ratz is that it consists of a bunch of people who despise each other uniting periodically against what they perceive as a common enemy. What you do by admiring your technical enemies is to turn you and them into enemas. 'Technically', outside the technical, is just fapping.

Awww, Cito's doing his "I comment as someone outside of and above such interactions" act. Perhaps he's actually God and can therefore be outside, above and right in the middle of it all at the same time.

What I love most about his comment is that he has the audacity to criticise someone else's coherence. Not least because it is clear what I am saying, but also because he alone is the most incoherent poster on ratskep.

The bus explodes if it goes below 50 mph. Cito gets outed as a purveyor of pedestrian insights and cringeworthy puns if he stops posting citobabble.

That's a good analogy!

[pErvinalia]

How would I 'win' here, rEv? How do you define 'winning', around here?

Not you.

[Babel]

Samsa: what were you suspended for this time?

[pErvinalia]

Actually, I know how you can win, Cito. You can explain to us how science is a giant conspiracy theory and how research that doesn't lead to building things isn't science! The world is your oyster, Cito. Have at it!

[Fallible]

Samsa: what were you suspended for this time?

For "review of probationary membership". Um...OK then...

[Mr.Samsa]

Samsa: what were you suspended for this time?

Don't know yet, they keep extending my suspension without telling me what I did.

[rainbow]

Surrender, Surendra. You won't win. Maybe you can draft your fanbois and frauline to come to your aid?

Oh, noes. An appeal to the crowd by rEv. Whatever will I do?

How would I 'win' here, rEv? How do you define 'winning', around here? It's Calvinball. Remember?

You ain't got no friends . . . An' all the others: they hate ya.

Zappa.

[Surendra Darathy]

Actually, I know how you can win, Cito. You can explain to us how science is a giant conspiracy theory and how research that doesn't lead to building things isn't science! The world is your oyster, Cito. Have at it!

So, I should try to 'argue' with you, convince you of something. No, rEv, it's the pages of refereed journals where arguments are conducted. Internet forums are enough entertainment. That's why I don't need sockpuppets to boost the buzz.

I'm not trying to win, rEv. Your whole conception of 'winning' requires somebody who wants to be a member of some club or other. If this is the club, then I'm the spade.

[pErvinalia]

So what are you doing here then??

[Babel]

Samsa: what were you suspended for this time?

For "review of probationary membership". Um...OK then...

Yeah, I saw that in the temp suspension thread, but it tells us nothing. So I was more interested in what situation led to Samsa's temp suspension. But his reply is equally informative. You have to love the communication skills over at ratskep.

[pErvinalia]

Also, I don't think you'll find much support for your contention that 'science is a giant conspiracy theory and that something is only science if it is engineering' in the refereed literature. But please, keep wibbling.

[pErvinalia]

Samsa: what were you suspended for this time?

For "review of probationary membership". Um...OK then...

Yeah, I saw that in the temp suspension thread, but it tells us nothing. So I was more interested in what situation led to Samsa's temp suspension. But his reply is equally informative. You have to love the communication skills over at ratskep.

Is this Thwoth? The only man who can write 5 paragraphs and essentially say nothing.

[Fallible]

So what are you doing here then??

Satisfying his intense desire (fee-fees) to craft the image of a wry commentator on phenomena in which he plays no part.

[Babel]

@ Rev: No Kiore.
And Fallible more or less quoted the full message in her earlier post. It gives minimalism a whole new meaning.

[Surendra Darathy]

So what are you doing here then?

I'm a member of this site, rEv. Is that plain enough for ya? Or do you need fewer polysyllabic words?

The only man who can write 5 paragraphs and essentially say nothing.

I see you have a long list of authors upon whose style you condescend to comment. There's just no pleasing some people, they of such elevated sensibilities.