Intellectual?integrity?requires?that?one?admit?when?one?is?incorrect?and?not?obfuscate?the?argument?with?irrelevant?details??to?confuse?and?intimidate?the?other?party?in?the?discussion.
There?is?no?shame?in?being?wrong.??It?happens?to?everyone.??How?one?acts?matters.
Introducing?obscure?and?irrelevant?topics?into?a?discussion?is?the?hallmark?of?the?poseur.??It?is?also?a?display?of?complete?contempt?for?the?audience.??The?most?extreme?insult?possible.
I?did?not?like?writing?my?reply?to?Mr.?Marks.??But?having?suffered?such?people?at?work?I'm?certainly?not?going?to?tolerate?it?here. The 5 years I spent getting a solid liberal arts undergraduate degree has served me well. My sole regret is I didn't take more math. I had a lot of catch up to do in grad school.
Have?Fun!
Reg
