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Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:07 pm If you have no idea what even that word refers to, then you're not worth talking to.

Of course I have an idea.

Convince me that you are referring to the same thing I am referring to.

Define it.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:07 pm If you have no idea what even that word refers to, then you're not worth talking to.

Of course I have an idea.

Convince me that you do.

because?

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 pm because?

Because maybe you aren't referring to the same thing I am referring to.

Define it.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:18 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:17 pm because?

Because maybe you aren't referring to the same thing I am referring to.

What would suggest this?

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:19 pm What would suggest this?

The absence of evidence to the affirmative.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:20 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:19 pm What would suggest this?

The absence of evidence to the affirmative.

What would count as evidence of the affirmative?

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:21 pm What would count as evidence of the affirmative?

A definition might be a good start.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:21 pm What would count as evidence of the affirmative?

A definition might be a good start.

Right. So no. I'm not about to potentially define every single term we use.

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 pm Right. So no. I'm not about to potentially define every single term we use.

Nobody is asking you to define every single term.

I only asked you for one.

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:23 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:22 pm Right. So no. I'm not about to potentially define every single term we use.

Nobody is asking you to define every single term.

I only asked you for one.

What reason do I have to believe that you won't potentially ask for a definition of every single term? (And no, you pledging as much wouldn't be sufficient.)

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:24 pm What reason do I have to believe that you won't potentially ask for a definition of every single term? (And no, you pledging as much wouldn't be sufficient.)

What would be sufficient?

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:27 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:24 pm What reason do I have to believe that you won't potentially ask for a definition of every single term? (And no, you pledging as much wouldn't be sufficient.)

What would be sufficient?

Completely different behavior from you over a length of time--say a number of weeks spent interacting with you.

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:28 pm Completely different behavior from you over a legnth of time--say a number of weeks spent interacting with you.

That has been satisfied then.

Define "good".

Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:29 pm

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:28 pm Completely different behavior from you over a legnth of time--say a number of weeks spent interacting with you.

That has been satisfied then.

Define "good".

This is an example of the behavior that's an issue.

Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:30 pm This is an example of the behavior that's an issue.

Why?