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To: JohnM who wrote (102109)	1/27/2009 10:41:02 AM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 542946

Hi John, I see now that it was Dale had questioned "Whether it's the most desirable is another debate." in this post Message 25358319 That is what I was responding to and in my confusion thought it was you that had said it. Mea Culpa

To: JohnM who wrote (102109)	1/27/2009 10:57:14 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542946

And, moreover, not necessarily a sin but a way a poster might choose simply to change the conversation. That's a good wedge to insert my comment about outliers, which I use to shake up self-contained and self-serving logical models that are put to me. It's a simple logical test to see if a model applies in a wide variety of situations or simply the context in which it was originally put. The common sin on SI and elsewhere is to extrapolate broadly from narrow examples, declare a general rule or principle and ignore those cases where applying that rule to a different case produces a negative outcome. Critical thinking versus simply accepting declarations at face value.