blackcab
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Flatland by Edwin Abbott re-tells the story in a very amusing way: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/048627263X/203-8444635-7563954
starspacer said:In my posts, the latest of which now sadly cannot now be seen, I was offering explanations in solution to certain questions posed, and then putting forward thoughts so that other members could provide counter arguments which could then result in better solutions. This exchange of views is simply conversation amongst people who do not always agree with each other about everything. You (Chicken Curry, timsk, Bramble,Splitlink etc.) could conduct this sort of ‘ferocious’ criticism on your own (assuming you had the necessary intellectual discipline), but others can help greatly. It helps you to think of criticisms from another perspective, provided you free your mind to just the possibility that you may be wrong.
In my posts, the latest of which now sadly cannot now be seen, I was offering explanations in solution to certain questions posed, and then putting forward thoughts so that other members could provide counter arguments which could then result in better solutions.
And how can anyone judge this, since those in a position of power will not allow the masses to see it?frugi said:Starspacer, the post you refer to offered no solutions or explanations of any kind. It was an unacceptably abusive tirade against Chicken Curry, which is why it was deleted. No moral evil manifest there.
I see that you also have been censored chump.chump said:"In the words of Apollinaire " No sooner does a genius appear, than all the dunces in the world conspire against him"....alternatively in the words of chump...when another member masquerading as a deluded genius pops his head over the parapet to commune with other members, those with expert cloaca recognition radar press the button and bring in the mods to sweep away the 'crap' .
A "genius" without the emotional control to refrain from getting personal and spitting out the dummy when someone gets personal with him is no "genius"...just another deluded member with a long journey still in front of him ...![]()
Chicken Curry said:I must admit that although I thought Starspacer's comments were uncalled for, and were possibly symptomatic of a personal problem, I was not unduly upset by his remarks.
I would not object to his post being reinstated if that is possible.
I really do not care much what people say to me or about me.
It just doesn't matter that much in the great scheme of things.