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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.

Please cite, if you will, a "clearly bogus point" that I have made about Shaw,

How about

Why??  Because he DRAWS this commentary. Like metal shavings to a magnet.

The magnet by its very nature exerts an invisible force that travels through space that attracts the metal shavings and they inexorably respond. Shaw exerts no force, visible or invisible, that travels through space AFAIK, and certainly not by his very nature. If he does, he is in the wrong business. So it isn't Shaw that compels such posts. Further, the metal shavings have no free will. The people who respond to all events with byzantine reasoning to demonstrate it is Shaw's fault are not compelled to do so. They do have free will. So, IMHO your analogy is a clearly bogus one.
FWIW I don't disagree with each and every post you make. And yes, you can post with whatever frequency you wish. I probably will not respond to most of them, but sometimes I may.

BTW, since you brought it  up, the "More signal, less noise" tagline, derivative of a cliche already used by a gaggle of unrelated brands out there (Google it),

Indeed it is used often. Look at the top of this page. It is used by the Cardboard. <snarky comment self-censored>

I brought up the bogus tagline because IT IS used by this board as a tagline, not to pay homage to your usage. But thanks anyway for assisting me make my point. Hope your day improves.

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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.

Please cite, if you will, a "clearly bogus point" that I have made about Shaw,

How about

Why??  Because he DRAWS this commentary. Like metal shavings to a magnet.

The magnet by its very nature exerts an invisible force that travels through space that attracts the metal shavings and they inexorably respond. Shaw exerts no force, visible or invisible, that travels through space AFAIK, and certainly not by his very nature. If he does, he is in the wrong business. So it isn't Shaw that compels such posts. Further, the metal shavings have no free will. The people who respond to all events with byzantine reasoning to demonstrate it is Shaw's fault are not compelled to do so. They do have free will. So, IMHO your analogy is a clearly bogus one.
FWIW I don't disagree with each and every post you make. And yes, you can post with whatever frequency you wish. I probably will not respond to most of them, but sometimes I may.

BTW, since you brought it  up, the "More signal, less noise" tagline, derivative of a cliche already used by a gaggle of unrelated brands out there (Google it),

Indeed it is used often. Look at the top of this page. It is used by the Cardboard. <snarky comment self-censored>

I brought up the bogus tagline because IT IS used by this board as a tagline, not to pay homage to your usage. But thanks anyway for assisting me make my point. Hope your day improves.