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[Brian K. White]

On 6/1/2016 3:44 PM, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list wrote:

> This list is not yours.  Why not get off if you can not curb your self
> absorbed ego.

No one made you say completely incorrect things. If you don't like being 
told you are wrong, try to be less wrong.

Myself, I simply am ok with being corrected, when it's true. When it's 
true, the more correct person can show it, and I can do nothing but 
agree, since they showed it.

Now you might not think I actually *like* being corrected by looking at 
some of my own emails, but then you would just be confusing hashing 
things out to find the real truth, with defending a position at all 
costs regardless if it holds water or not. If you don't perceive the 
difference, that is really just more proof of your own lack of 
perception and ability to analyze.

But the fact is, if I'm certain of something, then there is no argument 
about it, I'm only certain because I know from plain proof and 
experiment and observation, and it's not a matter for opinion and you 
can rail against it and try to make it sound like being arrogant or 
stubborn all you like, but it's not about me (or Mark, or whoever, or 
anyone's personality), it's a fight between you and math. Go ahead and 
fight with math if you insist.

And another fact is, I do like being corrected, because THAT is when I 
learn something new. Knowing something already is just a tool. It's not 
much of a goal by itself, just to sit there and be right about something 
in an argument. It's just a fact that is. It's not interesting. It 
doesn't bring anything new.

One opposes errors simply because they are errors, and allowing them to 
spread hurts everyone.

I suspect it's somewhat similar with Mark.

Saying he's a meanie does not in any slightest way make any incorrect 
statements and bad advice any less wrong. Applying a personality 
critique to a technical problem is just about the dumbest thing you 
could do.

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bkw