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> Not a single person reading this thread believes that you are a coolly detached rational observer

All one of them?

> Responding to an argument by not only pretending not to have an opinion

The "argument" has only ever been about sharing of that which we understand as fact. One can present a case for why an apparent fact is not factual – mistakes and misinformation can, indeed, slip in – but what is fact would not rest on one's feelings towards it. The story of Go is the same whether you love it, hate it, ascribe no emotion towards it, or even if you have never heard of it before.

> but pretending not to understand the concept of having an opinion

Feeling and opinion traditionally do not imply the exact same thing – they are different words for a reason – so it is not clear if you misspoke, don't recognize a difference, or if you are trying to change the subject, but I will, for the sake of quality, assume the former. While I can understand feelings in some contexts, like feelings towards people, I have no idea why an inanimate programming language would conjure feelings? That is like developing feelings towards a grain of sand you found on the beach, which I don't understand either.

I am not about to claim nobody develops feelings for inanimate programming languages. Humans are varieitied and can do all sorts of weird and wonderful things, but that does not imply I understand it. Feel free to explain it, though. That's the beauty of not understanding something: You get to learn!

I mean, that's why I also asked last time. Surely you're not one of those anti-education types?

> Not sure it works

Okay, cool. Is this some kind of problem, or why are you mentioning it?






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