When someone repeatedly distorts and misrepresents what is said in a paper, then blames the author of the paper for being unclear … then hears the author carefully explain the distortions and misrepresentations, and still repeats them without understanding ….
Because that was the practical result, not the problem itself, which is that the conversation wasn’t going anywhere, and he didn’t seem interested in it going anywhere.
When someone repeatedly distorts and misrepresents what is said in a paper, then blames the author of the paper for being unclear … then hears the author carefully explain the distortions and misrepresentations, and still repeats them without understanding ….
Well, there is a limit.
Not to suggest that you are implying it, but rather as a reminder—nobody is deliberately misunderstanding you here.
But at any rate, I don’t think we’re accomplishing anything here except driving your karma score lower, so by your leave, I’m tapping out.
Why not raise his karma score instead?
Because that was the practical result, not the problem itself, which is that the conversation wasn’t going anywhere, and he didn’t seem interested in it going anywhere.