[Goose]

Why??  Because he DRAWS this commentary. Like metal shavings to a magnet. And, BTW why do you feel the need to perpetually ask why?  Why ask why anyone voices an opinion about anything? Who's keeping score, BTW, and who is arbitrating frequency? Does each poster have a limit or quota or ration of subjects/opinions? When did this become an affiliate of GoStanford.com?

You are of course free to post what you want within the rules of the board, as are we all. However, the fact you may do something does not make it useful or rational. It is of course possible to explain anything in terms of one causal factor if that is the only causal factor acknowledged as existing and all other possible explanations are summarily eliminated. Such posts do IMHO considerably lower the entropy of the board, which makes it harder to distinguish good arguments from noise. More noise, less signal. So, yes, you can do this, but for the life of me I can't imagine why. There are enough real points that can be made about Shaw and his program without torturing logic to make clearly bogus ones.

[Goose]

Why??  Because he DRAWS this commentary. Like metal shavings to a magnet. And, BTW why do you feel the need to perpetually ask why?  Why ask why anyone voices an opinion about anything? Who's keeping score, BTW, and who is arbitrating frequency? Does each poster have a limit or quota or ration of subjects/opinions? When did this become an affiliate of GoStanford.com?

You are of course free to post what you want within the rules of the board, as are we all. However, the fact you may do something does not make it useful or rational. It is of course possible to explain anything in terms of one causal factor if that is the only causal factor acknowledged as existing and all other possible explanations are summarily eliminated. Such posts do IMHO considerably lower the entropy of the board, which makes it harder to distinguish good arguments from noise. More noise, less signal. So, yes, you can do this, but for the life of me I can't imagine why. There are enough real points that can be made about Shaw and his program without torturing logic to make clearly bogus ones.