Originally posted by Mushed
I take it you didnt like that then Robbo?
Don't like what?
His inability to see reason?
His intransigence to embrace common sense?
No, I don't like it, and for somebody as intelligent as he to indulge in such pig-headedness says more about he (Chicago) and his motives than his actual denial of the truth.
If I say to you, 'the differential of x squared is 3x', and you say 'No Pete, it's actually 2x and the reason is because of the following', and you go on to explain a rational basis for your answer, then I'm gonna hold my hands up and say, 'thanks for the update' and be on my way and accept the true answer is 2x (which it is).
If however I was still sticking to my answer of 3x but you knew I had actually completed and understood a calculus course, what would my 'apparent' inability to grasp the truth make you think?
And when you answer that, you may well undertsand why it aggravates me.