Cofty said- Adam I didn't say I find anything repugnant. Don't put words in my mouth.
You reacted in what struck me as a very dogmatic authoritarian manner, as if you found her words "repugnant"; at least, that was my impression of your response (hopefully you're not going to start telling us what we must feel, or discounting our words and telling us that our perceptions are not real (a classic bullying tactic, i.e. "Stop your cryin', you big cry baby! It doesn't hurt THAT much!").
Is that really how you intended to come across?
Cofty said- I have said more times than I can count that all scientific statements are provisional. I've been saying it for years before you joined the forum.
Did you forget that you presented counter-evidence to disprove that claim in this very thread, back when you stated that "facts don't change" (and yes, 'facts' are scientific statements, and you've jumped all over SBF about the same point in other threads in which I participated, where SBF was correct)?
Cofty said- When Tammy says she takes scientific conclusions with a pinch of salt that doesn't mean anything like the same as a scientist admitting that the word proof belongs only in the world of mathematics.
Who's putting words into mouths now? TEC said a single GRAIN of salt, not a PINCH of salt. Is there perhaps a standard measurement for grain of salt utilized in Scotland that is larger, or am I being needlessly pedantic by calling you out on your slight exaggeration (as you did, for TEC)?
Tammy thinks the voices in her head have ultimate authority in matters of science.
Yes, I'm familiar with TEC's claimed perceptions (which are thought to affect 10% of the population, for many reasons). Are you forgetting who it was who told you about how such auditory hallucinations have been confirmed by fMRI studies?
Cofty said- You haven't been reading Tammy's posts for years so you don't have the context. She isn't talking about the constant refinement of the details of theories.
Well there's my problem, then: I'm going off what people SAY, and not what they SAID in the past!
Just saying, perhaps it might be beneficial to maintaining the peace and harmony to remember that not everyone has the benefit of having spent years observing all the interactions (and what a tempting offer that would be!), so perhaps it might be helpful to consider how our reactions could across as a tad aggressive to someone who ISN'T aware of all these various past interactions, maybe even taking a walk around the room before hitting the "âś“Submit" button?
Of course, you're free to take that advice with a pinch, eh, a grain, eh, a whatever of salt.
Adam
