On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Steve Brust wrote: > I continue to be curious about just what we are settling. Indeed; finding that out is exactly the fun. > To be as clear as possible: I assert that this argument is valuable, not > because one or the other of us will become convinced of something by the > other, but because our opinions and beliefs will become more sharply > defined, and we will thus each achieve a deeper understanding of the > subject. Hm. Precisely so. I'm sorry, did I somehow give an impression that I disagreed with that? That is, we are each becoming convinced of _something_, not necessarily by the _other_ -- the argument is resulting in just that sharpening to which I've alluded earlier. pe many things skipped may be picked up later