[FRIAM] the arc of ai (was Re: Whew!)

[Merle Lefkoff]

It's NOT irrelevant, Frank!

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:06 PM, glen ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Heh, just in case you think my comments about my gratefulness or admission
> of my stupidity are somehow intended as ironic, I'll confirm they are NOT.
> All y'all are way smarter than me.  And I am very grateful for your
> presence, interaction, tolerance, and the very existence of the forum.  I
> suppose that's the best I can do.  If anyone still reads my words as
> disingenuous, that's up to them.
>
> On 05/05/2017 01:28 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> > I have 30+ years experience reading and, rarely, posting to bboards,
> forums, etc.  Use of irony can cause problems.  Even if most people know
> what you mean, there will often be people who think you mean what you say.
> I admit that I have occasionally used irony, such as when I mentioned that
> Ted Kaczinski is an alum of my alma mater.  In that case I was using
> reductio ad absurdum to argue the irrelevancy  of which celebrity went to
> what school.
>
>
> --
> ☣ glen
>
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Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
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Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding
Saint Paul University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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