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Everybody who hangs out here knows there isn't a mean bone in John's body,
and he has a wry sense of humor. It's part of why we like him.

(to John: please never change!)



Exactly, when I wrote I disagreed with him, that's all I meant. No hidden meanings, no implied insults, no parsing of words looking for hidden definitions or any of that, just a simple disagreement.

It means squat in the big picture.

As to the original article based on a research study, here's a personal anecdote about that. My lady has a BA in philosophy and a Masters in learning disabilities. She's an existentialist and very smart. Don't even think about uttering the phrase "I think, therefore I am" if you don't have two hours available to listen to all the reasons why that is an invalid statement. She'll make your teeth ache with that. But, she's also talked about how one of her professors had the class review the conclusions of various research studies and write about all the inconsistent logic and bad judgement shown in most of the studies. A few made sense with their conclusions. She can make a compelling argument about how most research studies are a waste of time based on their faulty conclusions. This ties into Mac's comments about statistics and that famous quote about "there lies, damn lies and statistics". Does that research study about smarter people not using IE have any merit? Who knows,I thought it was interesting.

Bob

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