Tuesday, December 31, 2024

acquire better communication skills.

 Steven L. Taylor says:

@Paul L.:

Repeat the direct question that debunks, derails and discredits my “Gish Gallop”.

Direct questions don’t debunk, although the answer to the question might (and the unwillingness or inability to answer can be revealing).

But the point of questions is dialog. And understanding can only come from interaction.

A series of semi-coherent to often utterly incoherent assertions (i.e., your style of posting) does not lead to understanding. It is a central core of human interaction that to be understood, and to understand others, some level of intelligible capacity to articulate positions is necessary. This includes providing evidence and answering and asking questions.

As I have tried to demonstrate to you before, and had told myself I wouldn’t try again (but here we are): if you want to be understood, you need to acquire better communication skills.

It is kind of depressing the degree to which so many of these interactions feel like I am trapped in the Monty Python Argument Sketch.