Marduk-Vorpal Chess

[Tao]

I think he genuinely has a very, very difficult time seeing a point of view other than his own.

And in this he is not alone on these forums.

[Katya]

I think he genuinely has a very, very difficult time seeing a point of view other than his own.

And in this he is not alone on these forums.

Are you talking about yourself?

[thebigcheese]

I don't know...he strikes me as a relatively intelligent guy, so I think he's perfectly capable of understanding other viewpoints -- but he's from a different generation. I think that's why he was so stubborn about certain things. A lot of the debates seemed to focus around generational issues, so I always figured his arguments were typical of a true blue LDS guy in his 60s. I mean, kids these days are doing it all wrong...

[Tao]

Are you talking about yourself?

Sure. The closest thing to an argument I had with vorpal was over a topic that is fairly concrete and able to be discussed mathematically, and yet we still struggled to see where the other was coming from. It seems to me individuals discussing less quantifiable topics would have similar difficulties.

[Katya]

Are you talking about yourself?

Sure.

You raise a good point that this is surely not a one-dimensional issue. I'll have to see if I can identify concrete differences in rhetorical style between yourself and VB.