Originally Posted by
macabus
As a University professor in Boston, I'm sure you're well aware of the fact that raw information is meaningless without intelligent interpretation. Boolean algebra is a powerful tool when applied to offhand comments and unfounded arguments.
Though a scientist, I am not a professor. Perhaps your scan of my postings was too quick. Please look again. Perhaps, again, you are wrong.
Originally Posted by
macabus
My first inclination is to open a can of whoop-azz on you, but the rational side of me understands that you are probably attention-starved and merely looking for a little intellectual intercourse.
If your threat is based on that previous assumption, you'd best put the can away for another day. It is, perhaps, another easy answer to a complex question. Perhaps you need a moment to think things through. Take it.
In any event, this is not about personal attacks. This is about critical thinking applied to public policy.