Re: Do you have a Knowledge Officer?

In article <ucefg31jagm5fejoofq3rhgm86h9497j1o@xxxxxxx>,
Robert <no@xxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 08:43:39 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:

In article <srmdg3l92coq5ifp54vg1ei1978fcbilu8@xxxxxxx>,
Robert <no@xxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:22:45 GMT, "William M. Klein"
<wmklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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In article <BMuNi.3425$bM6.496@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, tlmfru
<lacey@xxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

One man's experience is never adequate.

Oh, I *cannot* resist...

... seems like I've seen different attitudes manifested, say, by Mr
Wagner.

Why pick on Robert? You youself have manifested such an attitude,
as, indeed,
have I.

[snip]

Pete,
It seems to me that you, DD, I, and MOST of us USUALLY qualify our
statements
with phrases such as " in my experience" or "from what I have seen".
This is in
stark opposition to how RW usually (not always) makes his statements.

[snip]

It is common for CLC postings to state a conclusion, unsupported by
facts/premises and
the canons of logic, much less citations.

Leaving aside any sort of analysis indicating how this attribute of
'common' was determined... this certainly looks like a Brooklyn Bridge
defense. To paraphrase my Sainted Paternal Grandmother - may she sleep
with the angels! - on such things, 'So... it's common for CLC posters to
jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, you will, too?

It's like pot .. kettle .. black. You didn't criticize your Sainted
Grandmother for
failure to qualify the percentage of people jumping off the Brooklyn
Bridge nor their
survival rate. I don't fault others for unqualified generalizations.
It's a human trait.
The ability to generalize with inductive logic was an evolutionary
development that helped
humans advance in a world of incomplete information. For example,
'Don't mess with bees,
they sting.' overlooks stingless bees in the Meliponini tribe.

Trivia: Only female bees have a stinger, whose technical name is
ovipositor. Its primary
function is laying eggs, not defense.


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