Re: Tolerance

[Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/17/19 9:48 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:

On Jul 17, 2019, at 5:55 AM, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think I understand the problem and agree that long conversations are tiring and discourage participation.   But how does one know when posting that the thread will never go anywhere?   Is it wrong for people to continue to seek resolution just because others don't care or have given up?

It’s wrong to seek resolution at all unless it is useful.  I mentioned this particular thread because you’ve been going back and forth with various people for 42 messages just under just this subject line, which is one of several that sprung from the original thread.  You are never going to get resolution on this, because there isn’t consensus on it: some people believe one thing, and some people believe another.   Continuing to discuss it is not adding value, and hasn’t been for quite some time.

Perhaps I'm naive, but I do think that most people can learn to accommodate multiple points-of-view into their own thinking.  I've seen it happen on many occasions.  (I wish it were more frequently taught in schools.)

However I was just thinking this morning (before receiving your message) that there probably wasn't much, if anything, that I haven't said already on the topic.  

I don't automatically accept others' evaluation about what is "useful" or "adding value".   I know there is potential value there, even if it's a gamble as to whether it will be realized.  Other people may yet be surprised.  And if people did accept others' (premature) evaluations, anyone could easily (deliberately or not) conduct a DoS attack merely by being stubborn for a short time.  

But I'll check out the books you recommended.

Keith