I have changed my opinion of you, and I think that Less Wrong is not suitable for you.
Thank you. I don’t care what you think about my suitability here, and I suspect your motives for so advising me to be based in unjustified ill-will. Please restrict your subsequent responses to me to the topic in hand.
If you look back over your exchange, several of us have replied in good faith to clarify your assertion and expand upon the areas of disagreement. You have not shown the least interest in returning the favor.
I made a prediction. If you wish to challenge that prediction, the onus is upon you to present me with evidence of my mortality. I will either accept that evidence or reject it. Readers may judge the rationality of each side, based upon our exchanges. Nothing else is relevant. Unless you require me to explain the prediction to you.
Your presence here is wasting everyone’s time, including yours
I feel my time here has been far from wasted. If you feel that commenting on my prediction or responding to my posts represents a waste of your time, perhaps you should consider just doing something else. Responding to a different post, for example. If you are being forced to respond to my posts, by someone who may be inside your house watching you, please indicate by blinking one eye.
you might be much happier, I think, engaging in this behavior on another forum where it is more the norm.
What behavior? Making a prediction, then defending it? No, I think the New Year’s Prediction thread on this site is as good a place as any. In fact, it’s ideal.
Although you may not believe yourself to be a troll, you will almost certainly be regarded as one here.
I’m sorry, I don’t speak weasel. Did you say “Although you are apparently not a troll, I’m going to do my best to convince others that you are, and, perhaps, eventually have you banned. Basically because I feel somewhat threatened by your manner of thinking.”? If I’m a troll, who, until provoked (as here), sticks to arguing his side of a relevant debate in good faith, what does that make you and others, having made specific posts telling me how I’m not suitable and would be happier elsewhere?
Again, I’m not interested in what you think about me, or in receiving any advice you might have for me. If you don’t want to engage me, don’t. If nobody engages me, I’ll leave. Obviously.
Apart from that, I’m ready and willing to respond in good faith to anyone who makes an originally-phrased argument here against my prediction. I’m not interested in being directed to read the ideas of third parties. I can find my own way to the library.
Thank you. I don’t care what you think about my suitability here, and I suspect your motives for so advising me to be based in unjustified ill-will. Please restrict your subsequent responses to me to the topic in hand.
I made a prediction. If you wish to challenge that prediction, the onus is upon you to present me with evidence of my mortality. I will either accept that evidence or reject it. Readers may judge the rationality of each side, based upon our exchanges. Nothing else is relevant. Unless you require me to explain the prediction to you.
I feel my time here has been far from wasted. If you feel that commenting on my prediction or responding to my posts represents a waste of your time, perhaps you should consider just doing something else. Responding to a different post, for example. If you are being forced to respond to my posts, by someone who may be inside your house watching you, please indicate by blinking one eye.
What behavior? Making a prediction, then defending it? No, I think the New Year’s Prediction thread on this site is as good a place as any. In fact, it’s ideal.
I’m sorry, I don’t speak weasel. Did you say “Although you are apparently not a troll, I’m going to do my best to convince others that you are, and, perhaps, eventually have you banned. Basically because I feel somewhat threatened by your manner of thinking.”? If I’m a troll, who, until provoked (as here), sticks to arguing his side of a relevant debate in good faith, what does that make you and others, having made specific posts telling me how I’m not suitable and would be happier elsewhere?
Again, I’m not interested in what you think about me, or in receiving any advice you might have for me. If you don’t want to engage me, don’t. If nobody engages me, I’ll leave. Obviously.
Apart from that, I’m ready and willing to respond in good faith to anyone who makes an originally-phrased argument here against my prediction. I’m not interested in being directed to read the ideas of third parties. I can find my own way to the library.
I’m really curious why you didn’t take Jack’s $5 above.