wyndhy,

I thank you for the compliments.

You are mistaken if you think I researched your post history. I had no need to do so. As you mentioned in your post we have had lively discussions in the past. You need not pity me for something I did not do, nor should you feel insulted by something which did not occur.

In our discussion I do not recall adding “and i doubt you heard it anywhere reasonable” to any request I made to you for additional information. I think that people do care about shared or common references. Knowing that the other members of the discussion are aware of the basis of a claim gives the people involved in the discussion the confidence to extend and expand the limits of the ideas involved in the discussion. Contrast this with the alternative where no one is certain where the others are getting their explanations or evidence. It is much more difficult to move a discussion from one place to another if the participants do not share a common basis for their considerations. On this issue I feel you have erred.

I do know the difference between discussion and debate. I believe you do also. I have never known debate to occur here. It does not currently do so, and I have every reason to believe that it will not. You must also be aware that discussion is informal debate. The line between them is blurry. The distinction is not sharp. It is a mistake to suggest otherwise.

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Eudaimonia