On Sat, 9 May 2009, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
Michael S. Hart wrote:
Everyone, except you, seems to realize these ARE approximations.
These are not approximations. These are phantasies.
At least, learn the tools of the trade:
If you have to make up a number, try a bit harder than "1%". You will fool nobody none of the time with a number like that.
Next time say: "0.89%" or "12.27 millions". People will take much longer to realize that you just made those up.
Marcello, do you realize just how foolish you sound? No one here, except possibly you, is trying to fool anyone. However, what you are trying to fool people into is lost in the translation between your irrationality and rationality. The whole idea of "round numbers" and "approximatations" is to make it OBVIOUS that these are not completely accurate-- that they are, indeed just "what ifs," "predictions" and/or "speculative approximations." Do you never wonder that people don't take your ranting and raving seriously? Do you never worry that because you have cried "wolf" over, and over, and over yet again, that when the time comes that you have something serious to say you won't be effective to the degree you would have been without such rantings?