Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on July 14, 2000 at 08:57:34:
In Reply to: Couldn't we make some sort of "mental pissing contest" forum for these threads? (n/t) posted by Heh on July 14, 2000 at 05:28:48:
> > > > "Weakly correlated". One of the great mantras of the scientific method is "correlation does not imply causation". Of course you aren't going to learn morality playing CF. Good thing I never claimed that. Whew. > > > I might point out here, scientist, that you provide no empirical evidence, nor have any possible access to evidence, to support your "correlation." Somehow I doubt you've taken a group of mudders into your lab and systematically manipulated their "morality" or lack thereof. > > Hence "probably". It was "an educated guess". For such a dedicated fan of creative wordplay, you don't read very carefully. > > > But actually.. that had nothing to do with my post anyway. I was trying to draw your attention to the fact that you responded with undue vigor, addressing a point not actually made by the person to whom you responded. > > Depends if you equate the OOC spread of IC information with breaking the rules, I suppose. Admittedly, it's one of those matters of degree I was talking about, so I'll concede your point about vigor. > > > And, yes. I don't engage in permagrouping myself > > Thanks for making sure you got that in. See? We have so much in common.