Value of Thought

Originally posted by googlefudge
Although, given how empty and pathetic they are, it seems particularly spineless if that
were the reason people avoided correcting his insanity.

He has one of the most conspicuously unjustified superiority complexes in this community. 😉

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I think LemonJello has him pegged. Freaky sees himself as a sort of teacher leading the forum through a lesson by means of the Socratic method. He is not the first poster to see himself that way. The problem however is that effective use of the Socratic method requires the teacher to actually make some sense as well as the students doing what they are told - ie it works best in fictional dialogues rather than in real life. When everyone went off script and what Freaky thought was general ignorance of a subject turned out to be a case of just his own ignorance of the subject he found himself trapped in a situation he does not know how to get out of. He is therefore left with hinting at some master point to be made but no way to actually make a point and still maintain his dignity.

Originally posted by googlefudge
Nobody else agrees with you. Everyone else thinks that you are wrong.

So you are either deluded enough to think that everyone else is wrong and you alone
in all the world is right. Or you are simply lying.

Regardless, the fact that I/we/everyone doesn't agree that your so called proofs are anything of the sort.
And that is a fact. Means that ev ...[text shortened]... n, and said, is utterly unconvincing, and fails
as proof for anything you are trying to prove.

Nobody else agrees with you. Everyone else thinks that you are wrong.
What does that clearly unsupported claim have to do with anything?

So you are either deluded enough to think that everyone else is wrong and you alone
in all the world is right.
I am the first person on earth to make any of the claims found herein?
I am the only one who sees them this way?
Are you sure of this claim?

Originally posted by FMF
He has one of the most conspicuously unjustified superiority complexes in this community. 😉

I was hoping you would notice and be nice enough to point it out so I wouldn't have to go bragging on my own.
You're a peach of a man, too.

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In every instance of my use of "eye level" and "line of sight," I have made very clear my intention of the terms.
Their use was so clear, in fact, that others have consistently argued against the intended claim, i.e., the true horizon remains at eye level.

You seem to have ignored what was in that link and continued this rather strange argumentation using terminology which does not support your case.
The astronomical horizon Reveal Hidden Content is and has been used interchangeably with the true horizon, although I have used mostly the true horizon.

Some have erroneously attempted to use the term in a manner which gives an appearance of distinction when none exists.

From the beginning of this portion of the conversation, I have not vacillated in my description of the horizon in consideration.

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I was merely reminding you that your quote contradicted your claim, as the words within pointed to the very thing I was claiming.

Originally posted by twhitehead
I think LemonJello has him pegged. Freaky sees himself as a sort of teacher leading the forum through a lesson by means of the Socratic method. He is not the first poster to see himself that way. The problem however is that effective use of the Socratic method requires the teacher to actually make some sense as well as the students doing what they are tol ...[text shortened]... some master point to be made but no way to actually make a point and still maintain his dignity.

Great summary, except for the content.

Freaky sees himself as a sort of teacher leading the forum through a lesson by means of the Socratic method.
You literally have no idea how I see myself; claiming otherwise is sheer arrogance, nothing more.

The origination of the thread was an underlying basic question: what difference does it make for a man to believe something which otherwise has no bearing on his life or well-being?

When everyone went off script and what Freaky thought was general ignorance of a subject turned out to be a case of just his own ignorance of the subject he found himself trapped in a situation he does not know how to get out of.
Off script, as in response number one, when Ghost of a Duke referenced the coming alien invasion of June 08, 2089?

The general ignorance of the subject has been gloriously on display by those supposedly all in agreement: replete with many false claims; self-contradiction; outright refusal to accept obvious facts; attacks on the person; and other follies too numerous to name.

He is therefore left with hinting at some master point to be made but no way to actually make a point and still maintain his dignity.
The "master point" is the 600 plus posts to the thread.
Although there were a few posts (less than a handful) which actually addressed the question, the lot of you who were in such disagreement with the hypothetical (however poorly understood and pathetically supported), you became so embroiled with the hypothetical you couldn't address the first question.
By doing so, you (in my opinion) accidentally answered the question even though you're unable to show your work.

It is very important, we just don't know why.

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There is no question that I have been very clear: folks wouldn't be arguing the very points I am making if they didn't understand them and/or their implications.

The point was: what does it matter what I believe?