"John Smith" wrote in message
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Dee:

Frankly I am surprised you are so offended over his "derogatory remarks",
you all seem so asleep to the real world that short of striking you over
the head with a two-by-four you will remain in this dream-like state.
Positive is not always good, except to "new agers" studying mysticism and
crystals, and I have no time for silliness...

If offended by reality one can always change reality or change
themselves--I have always found the latter more productive.

He (Len) battles a whole klick of you which are functioning like a damn
support group--and you don't let little things like reality, "real world",
sanity and facts get in your way. You all begin your chants of known
mantras and chase the light-weights away!

You all exist in an echo chamber using the echo of your own words as
"valid arguments", or to site "majority agreements."

Get real, to any cutting edge people, they feel like they have entered the
twilight zone when here!

You realize, I was quite offended as a young man when my parents would ask
me to empty the garbage--then I grew up and realized in the real world
someone has to do it...

John


To be effective in the real world, one does not insult people with
derogatory remarks. In my profession, I frequently have to convince people
that the new is better than the old. Insults and put downs would get me
thrown out the door and cost me a job. It doesn't get a whole lot more real
than that.

It takes tact along with accurate and verifiable data to implement new
proposals. The cutting edge people in the real world know this although it
may come as a shock to those in academia.

Len does not use tact and does not present accurate and verifiable data.

Dee d. Flint, N8UZE