Re: Idempotence and "Replication Insensitivity" are equivalent ?
From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 23 Sep 2006 11:17:41 -0700
Message-ID: <1159035461.161473.18310_at_k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Date: 23 Sep 2006 11:17:41 -0700
Message-ID: <1159035461.161473.18310_at_k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Bob Badour wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
>
> I wonder whether this last conclusion is anti-empirical.
By "anti-empircal" I guess you mean "not supported by
observation" rather than "refuted by observation?" I claim
that there are rhetorical techniques that correlate with sex,
and that my observations of the troll's use of rhetoric leads
me to the conclusion that he is a man. However this is of
course a weak conclusion.
> gender, and I don't see how it matters.
You're certainly right that it doesn't matter.
> Are you not creating an opportunity to impugn your own
> credibility? Is there a need to?
Fair points all.
Marshall