Why Not debate "network externality"-path dependence?
Jim Choate
ravage at EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Tue Mar 6 15:22:20 PST 2001
What the hell does 'science' care about 'expert', now 'politics' is
another game entirely.
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, James A. Donald wrote:
> --
> At 09:23 PM 3/4/2001 -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > You still don't get it. 'Read my book' is not a valid move in
> > a debate. If you were to stand up in front of the Oxford
> > Union and say 'my book proves the case entirely' then sat
> > down with no further elaboration you lose the debate.
>
> This depends on the relative status of the debaters. Your status as an
> expert is perhaps less than you perceive it to be.
>
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